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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day 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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