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How to Check Your BIOS Version and Update it

Identifying your BIOS version from the command prompt is easy. Start by typing "command prompt" in the Windows taskbar search box. Next, click the "Command Prompt" icon. At the command prompt dialog, ...

How to check your PC's full specifications on Windows 10

On Windows 10, checking your computer's hardware and system specifications can be useful for many tasks. Whether you're verifying compatibility for an app, preparing to upgrade to a new Windows ...
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Hardware Reserved Memory too high in Windows; How to reduce?

The portion of a computer’s RAM that is used by a hardware device such as a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), sound card, network adapter, and other hardware components is known as Hardware Reserved.
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How to check SSD health: Windows 10, Windows 11

Most SSDs have their own software that can be used to monitor and manage SSD health. For example there is Samsung's Magician, and then the the Crucial Storage Executive for Crucial SSDs. These tools ...

Steam now lets you check if you have Secure Boot enabled: the security feature we're all going to have to get to grips with for Battlefield, Call of Duty and more

Steam now offers a quick way to check if your PC has Secure Boot enabled. That's probably not information you care to fill ...