• @[email protected]
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    29 days ago

    I fixed a windows install for an old guy, and windows patched the BIOS to prevent F11 loading the boot menu…

    Never again

    • @[email protected]
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      629 days ago

      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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        229 days 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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          229 days 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.