Reminded by Jim Hillier’s recent article Microsoft Says TPM Is Worth The Upgrade – But Is It?, it’s only just come to my attention that some games require Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 – Fortnite (for tournaments), Valorant, The Finals and Vanguard (Call of Duty) […]
I, among many, was very surprised when Microsoft decided to renege on its promise of “Windows 10, the last Windows Operating System” and release a Windows 11. I was even more surprised, probably shocked would be a better description, at the mandatory Windows 11 requirements.
We’re all doomed! Scary, right? Well, maybe, but I should explain a bit first. Back in the dark ages of computing, say 2011, Microsoft announced they would implement Secure Boot, which is a protocol included in the UEFI, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface(BIOS successor), in Windows
Here we go again with Tech sites scare-mongering and spreading misinformation. This time it’s all about Windows 10, UEFI, and Secure Boot. Some tech sites have been suggesting that Windows 10 will not work on UEFI systems unless Secure Boot is enabled, which is a
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I’m sure you’ve heard all the ruckus surrounding the Start Screen in Windows 8 and probably fallen into the “I must have Windows 8” or “They’ll have to pry Windows 7 from my cold dead hands” camps. Either way you’ll hopefully agree with me when
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There have been a lot of comments over the past couple of weeks lambasting Microsoft for supposedly introducing an element into Windows 8 which is said to prevent users from dual or multi booting different operating systems, and Linux in particular. It is astounding how
