The Basic Input/Output System allows you to change various low-level settings on your HP Pavilion workstation, including USB port activation and hard disk detection. On occasion, you may need to edit ...

The first easy step is to reset the CMOS and see if it helps you boot into Windows. To reset or clear CMOS, follow these steps: Force shut down your computer by pressing and holding the power button.

The BIOS password is stored in a non-volatile memory, which can be cleared. Doing so clears the password too, allowing you to reset it. Here are several methods that you can use to recover your BIOS ...

Hewlett-Packard regularly releases BIOS or firmware updates for its Pavilion line of desktop systems and recommends that users update the BIOS on the machines if experiencing problems. In most cases, ...

This post will show you how to recover BIOS settings in HP, ASUS, Dell, and other laptops. This can be useful if your Windows computer does not start. BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. It is ...

I have an old HP ProBook 6450b, based on an early first gen i5 M450. I've had Windows 10 32-bit on it for several years, and I'm now upgrading the RAM from 2x2GB to 2x4GB, 8GB Total, PC3-10600 DDR3 ...

HP has released BIOS updates today to fix two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of PC and notebook products, which allow code to run with Kernel privileges. Kernel-level privileges ...

In 2020, HP released the business-oriented HP ProBook 455 G7, an AMD-powered laptop that retailed for about $1,000. Owners used this device happily for several years, but now these machines are dying ...

I'm not entirely sure how support works for the HP Microserver, but I have an N36L Gen 7 Microserver in my home office that I need to obtain the latest BIOS update for so that I can fix a plaguing ...

NetTrace, a leading provider of computer theft recovery and secure PC asset tracking solutions, reports that its Computrace (developed by Canadian-based Absolute Software) and Lease Manager product ...

Hack #9 from PC Hacks by Jim Aspinwall (O’Reilly Media). You may be able to find a BIOS upgrade to work around that unhackable, squeaky-clean OEM BIOS. By this ...