Windows 10: Secure Boot To be Or Not

Discus and support Secure Boot To be Or Not in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; I'm looking for opinions only. Somebody (which I trust), gave me some files that help me with a project. In the remarks of said piece, it said that I... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by timlab55, Dec 27, 2019.

  1. TIMLAB55
    timlab55 Win User

    Secure Boot To be Or Not


    I'm looking for opinions only. Somebody (which I trust), gave me some files that help me with a project. In the remarks of said piece, it said that I should boot from a USB stick of mine after I loaded the files on to. I did, ran the stick and the computer stop dead in it tracks. I through about it, and found a key to the problem was that my secure boot was enable. Now this computer that I"m doing on this on is a Z220 Workstation (about 7 years old), and from HP. So after I disabled secure boot and ran the stick again, my project worked Secure Boot To be Or Not :). I was happy, and then the mind started to think about what I had done. I did some research on "secure boot", and it's sort of a layer of protection for the computer. From other posters, they have disable there's. So my question is should I have my PC's secure boot "enable" or "disable"?

    :)
     
    timlab55, Dec 27, 2019
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  2. DAMN_SMOOTH
    Damn_Smooth Win User

    Windows 8 Secure Boot Feature: Not So Secure?

    So Linux is switching to secure boot also? Or they have to because of UEFI?
     
    Damn_Smooth, Dec 27, 2019
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  3. NEWTEKIE1
    newtekie1 Win User
    Windows 8 Secure Boot Feature: Not So Secure?

    • Linux
    • Linux
    • Linux
    • Linux
    • Oh and OSX
    Here is a statement from a Kernal Developer at Red Hat:

    I'm not sure this exploits the legacy BIOS but rather it exploits the legacy boot method on MBR drives, injecting a signed key before the OS boots, which you are correct in that it has nothing to do with Windows 8. And the simplest fix would just be to require boot drives use GPT when Secure Boot is enabled in UEFI.
     
    newtekie1, Dec 27, 2019
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  4. GNJHA
    GNJha Win User

    Secure Boot To be Or Not

    Boot Process

    Hi,

    Please suggest me a link that can explain the boot process step by step of ...

    • Windows 7,
    • Windows 8.1,
    • Windows 10,
    • Windows Server 2008 R2 and
    • Windows Server 2012 R2

    With Regards

    InTech
     
    GNJha, Dec 27, 2019
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