Thread: Windows 8 certified machines may be blocked from installing other OS's
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Old 27-09-2011, 12:15   #6
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Re: Windows 8 certified machines may be blocked from installing other OS's
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Originally Posted by Rob View Post
And what if Microsoft bring out their next windows after 8. Would their firmware still recognise that, or are you going to be stuck with Windows 8 and perhaps earlier legacy versions?
As Microsoft will have a certificate in the UEFI, then any future versions of Windows signed by the same certificate would run.

Earlier unsigned versions of Windows wouldn't - unless Microsoft released signed versions
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