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I disabled fast startup because Windows never really shuts down, and that explains a lot of strange bugs

Windows Fast Startup sometimes breaks updates and hardware checks.
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I turned off Windows fast startup and my boot time barely changed — but 3 persistent bugs disappeared

Windows' Fast Startup is one of the best examples of a disruptive setting. It's enabled by default and was the cause of my Linux partition not mounting, my dock randomly disconnecting, and an update ...
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Windows hasn't properly shut down when you click shut down since 2012, and it explains a decade of weird bugs

Abhinav pivoted from a career in banking to pursue his first love in writing. Even while working full-time, he continued contributing as an editor-at-large, a role he has held for more than 7 years. A ...
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This one BIOS setting makes your PC boot twice as fast, and motherboards still ship with it turned off

Abhinav pivoted from a career in banking to pursue his first love in writing. Even while working full-time, he continued contributing as an editor-at-large, a role he has held for more than 7 years. A ...