Today, January 10th, extended support for Windows 7 (and 8.1) has ended, making the system officially dead – it will no longer receive any official updates. However, shortly before the end of the system life cycle, the developers built into the system, apparently, a parting gift for fans (in patch KB5017361) – support for UEFI and Secure Boot, which was not notified anywhere. It is reported by Neowin with reference to the Chinese portal, which was the first to notice the innovation.
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These innovations will allow users to run the system only with software that is signed by the manufacturer – that is, only guaranteed safe utilities. These innovations first appeared in Windows 8, but they were not ported to Windows 7 until this case.
According to Neowin, the implementation of new technologies is not flawless: after enabling UEFI and Secure Boot, many users experience a stuck logo when starting Windows, because the VGA.sys and VGApnp.sys display drivers have not been updated. This means that UEFI Class 3 systems that do not support CSM or Legacy mode need some kind of backdoor like UefiSeven.
In any case, the implementation of innovations shortly before the end of the system life cycle is a nice gift from Microsoft for users who have not stopped using Windows 7, despite all the security risks associated with it.
Source: Trash Box
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