• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    9 days ago

    Microsoft has definitely not been a great tenant on dual boot systems over the past year. Usually you get the occasional MBR overwrite, but it’s been pretty bad. Windows has been assuming it’s the only OS.

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      9 days ago

      I fixed a windows install for an old guy, and windows patched the BIOS to prevent F11 loading the boot menu…

      Never again

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        8 days ago

        That seems extremely unlikely. That is controlled by the BIOS itself. Windows Update does deliver BIOS updates, but only as provided by the OEM.

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            8 days ago

            Technically yes, but most people still say “BIOS” to refer to any system on a PC that fills the same role.

            Some true BIOSes are also externally controllable, too, it’s not exclusive to UEFI.

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          8 days ago

          Microsoft has incredibly been doing stuff I’d consider unlikely just a decade ago. They’re at the point where I go “unlikely but far from impossible. Likely in a while”.