Recent content by afranklin197

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    Question Are there any drivers built into the UEFI Firmware?

    On a UEFI system, do you need any display drivers since the screen resolution is automatically detected by the UEFI, and on some computers you need display drivers for the display resolution, but do you need them for other things on a UEFI.
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    Question Is the UEFI Firmware on toshiba laptops write protected?

    Is the UEFI Firmware on toshiba laptops write protected since you can flash the BIOS directly through Windows using a BIOS updater from toshiba's website?
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    Question Are there any drivers built into the UEFI Firmware?

    On UEFI systems, are there any built in drivers in the UEFI Firmware like display drivers because if you clean install a OS, the screen resolution will be normal?
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    Question How do I modify .swm files?

    So I could put files in the Program Files folder inside the file or put files in it so a factory reset can restore them.
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    Question How do I modify .swm files?

    How to I modify .swm files, I know how to modify .wim files by using a dism command, but when I tried the command on .swm files, it didn't work, how do I modify .swm files for the factory resets?
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    If the BIOS was deleted or corrupted, what would the computer look like when it turns on?

    I have a did a bios update from within inside Windows, it said it was erasing the bios rom which meant it was deleting the bios, then it reinstalled the updated bios and soon my computer started shutting down, then the bios was updated.
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    If the BIOS was deleted or corrupted, what would the computer look like when it turns on?

    What would happen if the BIOS was deleted or corrupted, what would the computer look like when it turns on, would it not turn on at all, would it show an error message? would it just show a black screen when you turn the computer on? or would the panel lights turn on, but not the screen. and...
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    Solved! My computer broke and I can't fix it without restoring it to factory settings.

    Don't worry, I know how to backup files to a USB drive using the open window on notepad in the Windows Recovery Environment
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    Solved! My computer broke and I can't fix it without restoring it to factory settings.

    I tried booting into Safe Mode with the command "bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal", since I can't access the Startup Settings, but I got the BSOD, I will try the DISM command in the Windows Recovery Environment though. The error code for the BSOD is "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED", and it...
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    Solved! My computer broke and I can't fix it without restoring it to factory settings.

    I ran System Restore 2 times, the first time on the 2nd recovery partition, but because it failed, so I ran it in the OS, I got the BSOD during startup, I turned the Windows RE on through the Windows installation media. I tried Resetting the PC while keeping files, it says "There's a problem...
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    Question Can the webcam be enabled by hackers even though it's disabled in the UEFI BIOS?

    The microphone still works on my computer even though the webcam is turned off in the UEFI Firmware Settings, but the webcam doesn't work when it's turned off in the UEFI Firmware Settings, plus there's no option in my BIOS to turn off the microphone, just the webcam.
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    Question Can the webcam be enabled by hackers even though it's disabled in the UEFI BIOS?

    I have disabled the webcam in the UEFI Firmware Settings which meant no apps could turn on the webcam. Can hackers still turn on the webcam even though it's disabled in the UEFI Firmware Settings.