06-18-2016, 12:34 AM
Hold on there... no so fast...
I have W8 machine that has a serious Secure boot/Legacy boot issue.
I never did get it to recognize a CD/DVD to boot from EVER!
I turned it all off for about 3 weeks & got the worlds ONLY copy of a UEFI boot virus..LoL
I turn it on & goes *BUZZzzzzz* *Blah* & shuts down in about 2 seconds...
Started out being very intermittent & slowly got worse sometimes nt starting at all after 6-7 tries.
Hmm..I wonder who could benefit from a virus that only allows me to re-boot my MiserySoft machine & Never Ever power it down.... again....
I found out it was a virus when I started to remove my stuff to another comp with an Ext HD to reinstall Windows8 .
Yes, the other comp started doing it also......It was a W7 Machine w EFI
Both are "Best Buy Exclusives" Made by HP.
"Best Buy Exclusives" DO NOT LIKE LINUX !!!!!!!
I have 3 of them....sad but true......
Right now 2 are down for the count but the 3rd from 2010 wasnt Linux friendly last time I tried maybe 2 years ago.
Im hoping the newer distributions will solve that ...
I suspect odd-ball hardware in the way underpriced PCs is the problem.
May be I should go introduce myself.
I have W8 machine that has a serious Secure boot/Legacy boot issue.
I never did get it to recognize a CD/DVD to boot from EVER!
I turned it all off for about 3 weeks & got the worlds ONLY copy of a UEFI boot virus..LoL
I turn it on & goes *BUZZzzzzz* *Blah* & shuts down in about 2 seconds...
Started out being very intermittent & slowly got worse sometimes nt starting at all after 6-7 tries.
Hmm..I wonder who could benefit from a virus that only allows me to re-boot my MiserySoft machine & Never Ever power it down.... again....
I found out it was a virus when I started to remove my stuff to another comp with an Ext HD to reinstall Windows8 .
Yes, the other comp started doing it also......It was a W7 Machine w EFI
Both are "Best Buy Exclusives" Made by HP.
"Best Buy Exclusives" DO NOT LIKE LINUX !!!!!!!
I have 3 of them....sad but true......
Right now 2 are down for the count but the 3rd from 2010 wasnt Linux friendly last time I tried maybe 2 years ago.
Im hoping the newer distributions will solve that ...
I suspect odd-ball hardware in the way underpriced PCs is the problem.
May be I should go introduce myself.