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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my Samsung device</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Abby <maxcess@gmx.com> <br>Date: 08-07-2015 16:07 (GMT-05:00) <br>To: GTALUG Talk <talk@gtalug.org> <br>Subject: Re: [GTALUG] UEFI bios/firmware <br><br>
<div>Hi Steve</div><div>Thank you for your efforts.</div><div>That is what I have done, but most of the computers have been very difficult or impossible for me to deactivate.</div><div>Abby</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my Samsung device</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Steve Harvey <sgh@vex.net> <br>Date: 08-07-2015 15:41 (GMT-05:00) <br>To: GTALUG Talk <talk@gtalug.org> <br>Subject: Re: [GTALUG] UEFI bios/firmware <br><br>On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 02:28:06PM -0400, maxcess wrote:<br>> Hi gang.<br>> Can anyone send me links or info. On how to disable high security UEFI in<br>> windows 8 & 8.1 computers.<br>> Cheers Abby<br><br> Hi Abby,<br><br> Googling UEFI BIOS disable should bring up quite a few links. <br>Unfortunately, there is no standardized way of disabling the UEFI and<br>switching back to using BIOS. In general, there are basically two challenges:<br><br> 1) getting the attention of the firmware that runs on initial startup<br>before the operating system (Windows or Linux) gets to start, and<br><br> 2) navigating the setup menus to disable the UEFI.<br><br><br> Doing the first usually requires you to press or hold down a particular<br>key at a particular time, which one and when depends upon the manufacturer.<br>Depending upon a number of factors, you may or may not see a splash screen <br>providing a hint while booting. Knowing the make and model of your computer<br>can also help to determine this. Most computer manufacturers should<br>have user documentation in PDF format that you can download from their<br>web site.<br><br> I hope that this helps. <br>---<br>Talk Mailing List<br>talk@gtalug.org<br>http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk<br></body></html>