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naman87 Member

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Boot, Crash & Error Codes @naman87 1 week ago

My PC sits on the boot selection screen for ages before loading Windows. I'd like to shorten it to a couple seconds. Is that in the BIOS/UEFI settings or somewhere in Windows?

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Linux @johnny_gadget 3 weeks ago

Turned off UEFI secure boot to get Linux Mint dual booting with Windows. Everything works now, but I'm not sure what I'm giving up by leaving it off. Will turning it back on stop Linux from booting?

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CPUs & Motherboards @sylvester_balchunas 4 weeks ago

A game asked me to enable secure boot, which is how I found out it had been off on my PC for years. What does it really protect against for a normal home user? Any downside to just leaving it on?

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