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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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.

[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months 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.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 0 points 8 months 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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