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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

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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[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

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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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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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[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

BIOS exists no more. It's all UEFI which is controllable from the outside.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years 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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[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 0 points 2 years 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".

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