Windows 7 now supports native UEFI and Secure Boot!!!

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Intel® Core™ i7-3770K Processor
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What is true and what is rumor?
 

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    custom build
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    i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4200MHz
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Saw it mentioned on csdn a couple of weeks ago
 

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    7 X64i5 84002x8gb 3200mhz
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    7 X64
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    i5 8400
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    gigabyte b365m ds3h
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    2x8gb 3200mhz
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    various
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    pure power 11 400w cm
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    Coolermaster
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    cryorig m9i

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    7x64g54008gb ddr4 2400
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    PC/Desktop
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    7x64
    CPU
    g5400
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    ga b365m ds3h
    Memory
    8gb ddr4 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450w
And so the benefits of more than 2TB HDD usage are...?

My motherboard supports BIOS and UEFI (a rare treat in this day and age) and I have no issues with gaming or my everyday computing using legacy BIOS. The fact they all tout on about UEFI being more "secure" is a joke to me if you understand its ring 0 and pre-boot BS. It's all about control IMO Read ALL of this.

I encountered signature checking BS trying to install Windows 7 on a freaking NVMe drive FFS! Took two "updates" to fix that BS. How about I allow what ever I want to run on my computer?

I've been looking at alternative firmware/BIOS which does exist.


This tells you what UEFI does. You be the judge. https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/docu...ces/ctr-uefi-defensive-practices-guidance.pdf

UEFI and secure boot is not my cup of tea.

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One day they'll mandate a freaking TPM in the center of your forehead! LOL!

They'll just get creative and etch it into DNA at birth... If I can think it, they are.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
How has this worked out for everyone? Is Win 7 secure boot relatively painless? Or is it a unicorn?

My hardware supports both legacy boot and UEFI, so obviously I'll want to try for the latter if it's not hard to get secure boot functionality working (my only reason for using UEFI).
 

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    10 trying for 7x64i7 6th gen32G
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    Dell Opti 7050
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    10 trying for 7x64
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    i7 6th gen
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    32G
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    1T SSD; 2T HDD
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