[Infowarrior] - Windows 10: no secure boot unless Microsoft tax is paid

[Richard Forno]

(Another reason to avoid Windows -- again -- I think.  --rick)


Windows 10: no secure boot unless Microsoft tax is paid

	• 04 June 2015
	• By  Sam Varghese
 
Windows 10 will turn off secure boot when one upgrades from Windows 8/8.1 unless a graphics card that has the Windows 8 ready logo is present in the system.

This means that even though one can do the update free of cost, one will need to buy a new graphics card if one wants to continue running the system with secure boot turned on.

The requirement for such a graphics card was not present in Windows 8, the first version of Windows in which Microsoft implemented secure boot, one of the features of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), the replacement for the old BIOS.

The certification of hardware for Windows means that manufacturers have to pay Microsoft a fee and this is often referred to as the Microsoft tax.

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http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/68262-windows-10-no-secure-boot-unless-microsoft-tax-is-paid


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