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    Info Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities Information

    Spectre and Meltdown are uniquely dangerous security vulnerabilities that allow malicious actors to bypass system security protections present in nearly every recent device with a CPU-not just PCs, servers, and smartphones, but also Internet of Things (IoT) devices like routers and smart TVs. By...
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    Question Copy/Paste speed difference: macOS vs. Windows PC

    While the data is not physically copied to the hard drive. For example, if copying a 500MB file from internal hard disk to USB drive, the data might be "read" into the OS's RAM cache, and being written to the USB drive, and while it is still writing, the file is already reported as "finished...
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    [SOLVED] BSOD: "Driver_Verification_IOManager_Violation"

    Based on the error message you received, it's possible that one of the drivers on the computer is causing the issue. We can turn off the bug checker that checks for such issues so we can perform updates. Please follow these steps: Boot in Safe Mode. Press Windows + R on your keyboard then run...
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    [SOLVED] Please help, my PC turns on then off...

    Test your power supply. Just because your computer came on for a few moments doesn't mean that the power supply unit in your computer is working properly. In my experience, the power supply tends to cause more problems than any other piece of hardware and is very often the cause of a computer...