Questions tagged [secure-boot]
For questions on “Secure Boot” and “Restricted Boot” the new bios feature that is in computers with the “Windows 8” logo.
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Is it possible to downgrade an OEM Windows 8 install to Windows 7?
I recently purchased an ASUS K55A. Like all Windows 8 machines, it come with a UEFI feature called Secure Boot. This basically makes sure that the laptop won't load anything other than the Windows 8 ...
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Secure Boot is not compatible on my PC; will I be able to install Windows 8 on it?
Yesterday, I ran Windows 8 upgrade assistant on my PC, Only problem it gave is that
Secure Boot isn't compatible with your PC
Your PC's firmware doesn't support Secure Boot so you won't be able to ...
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Windows 8 Secureboot: How do you bootup from another device such as cd/dvd drive or usb flash etc.?
On PC's and laptops running an older OS, this is just a simple matter of going into the BIOS and setting the boot sequence and putting the boot cd/dvd in the drive. In many cases you can even just hit ...
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Booting CDs/USB devices after installing Windows 8
I recently installed Windows 8 on one of my four primary partitions. I had two partitions for Windows 7 (boot and os), one for the Windows System Recovery Environment and the last for Ubuntu. I was ...
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Can I enable Secure Boot on a computer where Windows 8 was not preinstalled?
Despite all the hate surrounding Secure Boot, I frankly think it's a good idea, if it can be turned off by the user (which it can be on non-ARM systems). My laptop didn't have Windows 8 installed, but ...
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Windows 8 secure boot unavailable for my PC
When I ran the Windows 8 upgrade assistant, it said secure boot is not available for my PC firmware. I am using Dell XPS 17 L702 on 64-bit. Since I dual boot Linux as well, Is there a way to have the ...
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What is "Secure Boot" in Windows?
This morning I was trying to upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 8 and ran into a problem:
Your firmware doesn't support Secure Boot.
What is Secure Boot, and what can I do in this situation if my ...
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Is there something like a BIOS in Windows 8? [closed]
Is there something like a BIOS in Windows 8? How can I set up the boot device priority? My problem occurs when switching on my computer. It immediately goes to Windows 8 loading screen without ...
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