Is Microsoft using a next-generation computing boot-loading technology to lock out the use of Linux and other OSEs on certain computers? While Microsoft has denied malicious intent, one Red Hat ...

Windows 10 security: 'So good, it can block zero-days without being patched' Systems running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update were shielded from two exploits even before Microsoft had issued patches ...

A Red Hat developer is charging that Microsoft is using UEFI in Windows 8 to lock out Linux, which Microsoft denies Is Microsoft using a next-generation computing boot-loading technology to lock out ...

Thanks to Microsoft's Windows 8 UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot there was no easy way to boot Linux, or any other operating system, on Windows 8 PCs. Now, there are two ways, ...

A boot sequence describes the initial set of operations performed by a device at the start of the boot process. During this stage, available resources reside in some form of local, nonvolatile storage ...

It may help to read its pages about the differences between the old XP way of boot loading and the newer Vista/Win 7 one. There is a good explanation at its site. It does use proprietary bootloader ...