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Windows 8 Update Erases Grub, Enables Secure Boot

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday March 26 2014, @02:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the It's-a-trap! dept.

deif writes:

A recent Windows 8 update detects other OS installs as a "security problem", erases non-windows bootloaders and enables UEFI Secure Boot, all without user intervention.

From a posting on reddit:

I contacted MS by chat (in Dutch, so of no use to you) and asked them about this. They vehemently denied this was possible at all. Multiple times, in no uncertain terms. Same results were acquired by phone: denial, denial, denial.

I pointed out that it did actually happen, and that it wan't the first time such a thing had happened in the history of MS updates -so "impossible" was BS, to put it shortly.

Then came a chat reply which amounted to "MS updates makes sure W8 functions fine, it does not look at other OS's integrity". This is, in my opinion, a de-facto admission that yes, the update had changed the bootloader back to the W8 version that ignores other OS's, and yes, it had set the UEFI setting back to "secure boot."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by dyingtolive on Wednesday March 26 2014, @03:24PM

    by dyingtolive (952) on Wednesday March 26 2014, @03:24PM (#21552)

    4chan may actually be a little more reasonable sometimes.

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  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by c0lo on Wednesday March 26 2014, @04:10PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 26 2014, @04:10PM (#21573) Journal

    4chan may actually be a little more reasonable sometimes.

    I search for "rule 34 +reasonable". Whaddaya know? Lucky me... there's (legal) pr0n [cornell.edu] of it!

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday March 26 2014, @04:14PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Wednesday March 26 2014, @04:14PM (#21575) Homepage

    4chan is there the smart people go to act stupid. Slashdot and Reddit are where the stupid people go to act smart.

    4chan is where you're gonna find some of the best damn discussions about certain topics, outside of highly niche IRC and Usenet forums.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 26 2014, @11:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 26 2014, @11:06PM (#21797)

      This used to be a lot more true than it is now. Now it's a place for stupid people to go and act smart.

    • (Score: 2) by tibman on Wednesday March 26 2014, @11:32PM

      by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 26 2014, @11:32PM (#21817)

      There is a lot of garbage to sort through but yes, there are some very knowledgeable people there. Neckbeard haven.

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