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anonymous on Nov 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: More in the series of bizarre UEFI bugs

So the fix is to write "Windows Boot Manager" as the descriptive string on affected models. Would that be a problem?

pdw on Nov 15, 2012 | [–]

If you want to do secure boot, Microsoft won't sign your boot loader if it claims to be "Windows Boot Manager".

mjg59 on Nov 15, 2012 | | [–]

It's the OS installer that sets the string, not the bootloader, so it's not a problem for signing.

mjg59 on Nov 15, 2012 | [–]

Yes, because it's a user-visible string. It'll appear in the firmware boot menu.

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