Such issue can occur if you are using four memory stick configuration [very heavy load on the memory controller] and storage devices like Intel Optane P5800X as a boot drive, where Optane U2 drive is plugged by means of M2 adapter. So, here is the correct BIOS settings for reliable elimination of the freezing problem upon rebooting of the system. In this article we shall pin-point correct settings at least for MSI X670 motherboards.

UPDATED ON: 2026-05-26 1] ALTERNATE OPTANE DRIVER Although Microsoft provides stock NVME driver in a certain update, it has some bugs and annoyances, which of course should eliminated. [Heavily modified driver] from Win-Raid member Fernando version 3.0.0.1013. It fixes various bugs and glitches, like phantom duplications of enterprise Optane P5800x drive in the device manager and provides some boost in terms of performance and latency. To install modified drivers you should update not the driver of an Optane device, but the driver of NVME storage controller.

I think that it is correct time to renew performance information of various modern web browsers in Windows 7 environment. As always, i am using [JetStream2] as a classic web benchmark. Here is a list of measured browsers. [Supermium 144 (Chrome)] [RedFox 150 (Firefox)] [FireFox 151 Nightly] [Ungoogled Chrome 144 & 147] Tested on the potato machine [one of the first i3 ever with 16Gb of RAM]. Windows 7 x64 fully patched ESU.

UPDATED ON: 2026-04-23 Some preface words: recently I’ve had a couple of attempts at trying to play Stalker 2. When I realized that I can’t handle the game, I decided to give it a try by watching a let’s play. After wasting almost 4 hours watching a let’s play from a trusted streamer, I fully understand that playing or watching this game is beyond my comprehension. Moreover, in a half an hour I realized that I completely and fully forgot about the excellent Stalker: Shadow Of Chernobyl [OGSR modification] .

Note: This document covers the installation procedure only, it does not include network configuration. First, download the specific version of X-Ray that is compatible with Windows 7 Second, since the V2RayN client has dropped Windows 7 support, you may encounter compatibility warnings. You need to identify which version retains the latest features while still running on Windows 7. I have already done this research for you, so you don’t have to explore the wilderness.

FOR FIREFOX Type in address line about:config Find gfx.color_management.native_srgb & set it to True then restart browser FOR CHROME Type in address line chrome://flags Find Forced Colors & set it to Enabled then restart browser Drag the green handle to compare

Drawing on my past experience with [DOS batch scripting] , I’ve decided to streamline my workflow by cutting out tedious, repetitive file operations. Even though I’m using the lightning-fast [Far Manager] , it’s still not quite quick enough and frankly, file operations demands way too many keystrokes. This becomes especially irksome now that I’m juggling three projects at once. Taking them from home to work or vice versa. All that routine file shuffling eats up a sizeable chunk of my day.