![]() ![]() Save them and call them “Last Known Good”. The concept was simple – if the settings make it all the way to the end of the session, they must have worked. Using the Last Known Good Configuration was a great idea, too. It’s great for engineers, but requires too much training to be used by regular PC users. Since so many software problems can be traced back to a faulty or incompatible hardware driver, the ability to turn them all off is still a hugely valuable troubleshooting technique.ĭebugging Mode is beyond what most users do to repair their system. Safe Mode is still a great idea – load up only the most basic set of hardware drivers. There was also the Last Known Good Configuration. From such humble beginningsĮarlier Windows versions had fewer startup options: There was Safe Mode and VGA mode, and you could enable boot logging or debugging mode. This article shines a light on what hopefully is a very rarely used feature of Windows 8 – the Advanced Startup Options. Still, entropy creeps in and the occasional OS repair is just a part of life for many of us. The improvements in the OS help to prevent programs, and also users, from adversely affecting the PC’s performance. It seems that the more recent the operating system, the less you have to reinstall it. When was the last time you had to reinstall your operating system? Some people have noticed fewer rebuilds in Windows 7 then they had to perform with earlier versions of Windows. Windows 8 Advanced Startup Options provide major improvementsĪdvanced Startup Options in Windows 8 add several new features which give you some great options for fixing your PC. ![]()
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