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It's also to combat piracy. For example, Windows Loader uses a pre-boot technique to fool WGA: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/24901-Windows-Loader-C
by jolan 15y ago
It's also to combat piracy. For example, Windows Loader uses a pre-boot technique to fool WGA:
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/24901-Windows-Loader-Current-release-information http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/24901-Windows-Loade...
- msumpter 15y agoPersonally I think this is the real reason behind the push for secure boot.
- derleth 15y agoWithout piracy, nobody (approximately) in the Third World will use Windows or, by extension, any Microsoft software. Microsoft knows this. I doubt Microsoft wants to stop piracy that badly.
- wmf 15y agoI suspect that only name brand PCs will use secure boot; people in developing regions mostly buy whitebox PCs and thus can easily avoid it.
- cdh 15y agoIf users can easily disable Secure Boot, it won't prevent much piracy at all.
- tango76 15y agoUsers can disable SB, but then they wouldn't be able to boot Windows 8.
- kevingadd 15y agoIsn't it a completely optional feature? Otherwise, Windows 8 would not work on any pre-Secure Boot PCs.
- tango76 15y agoThe article states that "According to Microsoft’s presentation at //BUILD/2011, Secure Boot will be “Required for Windows 8 client”"
- mjg59 15y agoFor machines that adhere to the Windows 8 logo program. Windows 8 itself will still boot on BIOS, let alone UEFI systems without secure boot.