As the proxy between your operating system and the hardware components that give a computer its utility and enable your productivity, your system BIOS is perhaps the most important piece of software ...

Security researchers have sounded the alarm on four BIOS vulnerabilities affecting 129 different Dell models, including various laptop and desktop systems, as well as some tablets. In total, it is ...

Viewing and changing your BIOS settings can be a painful experience; you need to reboot your system, hit the right key combinations at the right time to enter the BIOS, navigate around somewhat ...

The Spectre & Meltdown mess continues with Dell now recommending their customers do not install the BIOS updates that resolve the Spectre (Variant 2) vulnerabilities. These updates have been causing ...

Four separate security bugs would give attackers almost complete control and persistence over targeted devices, thanks to a faulty update mechanism. A high-severity series of four vulnerabilities can ...

Sister-in-law has a Dell Inspiron 5680 that seems to have bricked after a bad BIOS update. The system is an i7-8700 with 1x8GB DDR4 RAM (SK Hynix 2400 MHz), 128GB M.2 SSD (SATA, SK Hynix), 1TB HDD, ...

As the administrator of your Dell computer, you have access to the system and BIOS settings where you can change the way the machine boots and runs. Setting a BIOS password for the computer prevents ...

Microsoft has acknowledged a software defect in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that has triggered misleading security alerts on Windows 11 version 25H2. The problem incorrectly flags Dell BIOS ...

The ability to hack the BIOS chip at the heart of every computer is no longer reserved for the NSA and other three-letter agencies. Millions of machines contain basic BIOS vulnerabilities that let ...

If your Dell laptop starts to malfunction, one of the solutions is to restore it to its factory settings. Depending on the model you own, the procedure may vary slightly. A factory reset will restore ...

If your Dell PC is stuck on the pre-boot system performance check, read this post to learn how to fix the issue. The pre-boot system performance check is a feature of Dell SupportAssist, integrated ...

The National Security Agency’s sophisticated hacking operations go way beyond using software vulnerabilities to gain access to targeted systems. The agency has a catalog of tools available that would ...