If you notice boot problems, fast startup may be the feature to blame — here are the steps to disable (or enable) it on Windows 11.

Turn On Fast Startup One of the easiest and most effective ways to improve boot times on a Windows PC is to turn on the Fast Startup feature.

Fast startup is sort of like shutdown light -- when fast startup is enabled, Windows will save some of your computer's system files to a hibernation file upon shutdown (or rather, "shutdown").

Windows Updates failing? Disable Fast Startup! If Fast Startup is enabled in Windows 11/10 it could prevent certain updates from installing.

Under “Shutdown settings” make sure “Turn on fast startup” is enabled. On a clean install, this setting should be enabled by default, however if you’re upgrading from a previous install ...