Windows 10. Optimizing your drives can help your PC run smoother and boot up faster. To optimize them: Select the search bar on the taskbar and enter defrag. Select Defragment and Optimize Drives. Select the disk drive you want to optimize. Select the Optimize button.

To upgrade to Windows 11, you need enough space on your hard drive for the installation to take place. To view how much hard drive space is available on your computer, select File Explorer on the taskbar (known as Windows Explorer in Windows 7) or press Windows logo key + E. Then select Computer or This PC and look under Hard Disk Drives or under Devices and drives.

For Windows 10 and later versions, a Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) policy will be used that blocks vulnerable Windows boot managers. When the policy is applied to a Windows system, the boot manager will “lock” the policy to the system by adding a variable to the UEFI firmware. Windows boot managers will honor the policy and ...

From the next screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > UEFI Firmware Settings > Restart to make changes. To change these settings, you will need to switch the PC boot mode from one enabled as “Legacy” BIOS (also known as “CSM” Mode) to UEFI/BIOS (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). In some cases, there are options to enable ...

Create and format a hard disk partition. To create a partition or volume (the two terms are often used interchangeably) on a hard disk, you must be logged in as an administrator, and there must be either unallocated disk space or free space within an extended partition on the hard disk. If there is no unallocated disk space, you can create some ...

Cause. This issue occurs because of an uninitialized UINT16 variable in the FindVendorOption function. Resolution Hotfix information. To resolve this issue, apply the following hotfix on the Windows Deployment Services server that is running Windows Server 2008 R2.

Under PC settings, tap or click Update and recovery, and then tap or click Recovery. Under Advanced startup, tap or click Restart now. Once your PC restarts, on the Choose an option screen, tap or click Troubleshoot. If you don't see the Startup Settings option, tap or click Advanced options. Tap or click Startup Settings and then Restart.

When the Bootmgfw.efi application tries to clean up these page table entries, this application accesses an invalid memory address and causes an access violation exception. Note The Bootmgfw.efi application is the Windows Boot Manager application. Resolution Hotfix information. A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft.

If you want to change multiple aspects of the taskbar at one time, use Taskbar settings. Press and hold (or right-click) any empty space on the taskbar, and then select Taskbar settings. In the Taskbar settings, scroll to see the options for customizing, choosing icons, and much more. Note: The Taskbar settings allow you to align taskbar icons ...

An upgrade can take place on your existing device, though Microsoft recommends using Windows 10 on a new PC to take advantage of the latest features and security improvements. This FAQ is intended to answer questions about upgrading to Windows 10. An update ensures you have the most recent features and security improvements for your current ...