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Recommended BitLocker patch KB 3133977 causes some ASUS motherboards to freeze

Posted on May 4, 2016 at 13:19 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

Looks like ASUS set a bit in BIOS that engages Secure Boot – when they shouldn’t have. Combine that with KB 3133977, and you get a bricked system.

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Windows Patches/Security ASUS, KB 3133977, Secure Boot, UEFI
Windows 8: Not as unified as we thought?

Posted on January 17, 2012 at 23:46 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

The kerfuffle over Windows 8 Secure Boot provokes two important observations.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Windows News Secure Boot, UEFI, Windows 8

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