The OS X boot arguments are useful for troubleshooting problems with system startup and how the system behaves when running. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

MSCONFIG.EXE, also called System Configuration Utility, allows an admin use to manage startup items, boot options, Services & boot in Safe Mode, etc. Selective startup mode allows users to choose ...

As organizations move to virtualize their servers, it becomes especially important to make sure that the servers are running efficiently, so that they do not consume any more resources than are ...

Very old versions of Windows had a utility called Wincfg that allowed users to make advanced configuration changes to system files that affected boot options and system settings. More recent versions ...

That is a really nice configuration, especially at that price. The unfortunate news is, of course, that it came preloaded with Windows 10 Home. But that didn't last long. I let the Windows setup ...

One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...