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  2. Booting - Wikipedia

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    In this example of dual booting, the user chooses by inserting or removing the DVD from the computer, but it is more common to choose which operating system to boot by selecting from a boot manager menu on the selected device, by using the computer keyboard to select from a BIOS or UEFI Boot Menu, or both; the Boot Menu is typically entered by ...

  3. UEFI - Wikipedia

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    Once the key is written, Secure Boot enters "User" mode, where only UEFI drivers and OS boot loaders signed with the platform key can be loaded by the firmware. Additional "key exchange keys" (KEK) can be added to a database stored in memory to allow other certificates to be used, but they must still have a connection to the private portion of ...

  4. Option ROM - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the development and ubiquitous adoption of the Plug and Play BIOS standard, an add-on device such as a hard disk controller or a network adapter card (NIC) was generally required to include an option ROM in order to be bootable, as the motherboard BIOS did not include any support for the device and so could not incorporate it into the BIOS's boot protocol.

  5. BIOS - Wikipedia

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    Early BIOS versions did not have passwords or boot-device selection options. The BIOS was hard-coded to boot from the first floppy drive, or, if that failed, the first hard disk. Access control in early AT-class machines was by a physical keylock switch (which was not hard to defeat if the computer case could be opened).

  6. Option key - Wikipedia

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    The Option key, ⌥, is a modifier key present on Apple keyboards. It is located between the Control key and the Command key on a typical Mac keyboard. There are two Option keys on modern (as of 2020) Mac desktop and notebook keyboards, one on each side of the space bar. (As of 2005, some laptops had only one, in order to make room for the ...

  7. Table of keyboard shortcuts - Wikipedia

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    For the first two shortcuts going backwards is done by using the right ⇧ Shift key instead of the left. ⌘ Cmd+Space (not MBR) Configure desired keypress in Keyboard and Mouse Preferences, Keyboard Shortcuts, Select the next source in Input menu. [1] Ctrl+Alt+K via KDE Keyboard. Alt+⇧ Shift in GNOME. Ctrl+\ Ctrl+Space: Print Ctrl+P: ⌘ ...

  8. Fix problems reading or receiving AOL Mail

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    If you're having problems reading and retrieving your AOL Mail, the following troubleshooting steps: Use AOL Basic Mail. AOL Basic Mail gives you a way to see your emails in a simpler layout.

  9. Bootloader - Wikipedia

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    A bootloader, also spelled as boot loader [1] [2] or called bootstrap loader, is a computer program that is responsible for booting a computer. If it also provides an interactive menu with multiple boot choices then it's often called a boot manager .