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Posted on 4/26/26 at 8:04 am to Unobtanium
Do you have a “secure boot” setting buried somewhere in your UEFI? If so, make sure it’s ticked on.
Posted on 4/26/26 at 12:14 pm to Grillades
There is an install with rufus that bypasses the requirements including the Microsoft login. Works fine... FOR NOW.
The question is how far is Microsoft willing to go to force people to get a new computer. Are the going to push a patch that breaks everyone or will it be similar to when the free upgrade from 7 to 10 expired but you could still use the installer and essentially get the upgrade for free. They never patched that out.
Having said that, hasn't secure boot been standard for decades? How old is that guys computer.
The question is how far is Microsoft willing to go to force people to get a new computer. Are the going to push a patch that breaks everyone or will it be similar to when the free upgrade from 7 to 10 expired but you could still use the installer and essentially get the upgrade for free. They never patched that out.
Having said that, hasn't secure boot been standard for decades? How old is that guys computer.
This post was edited on 4/26/26 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 4/26/26 at 11:29 pm to TigerMyth36
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Having said that, hasn't secure boot been standard for decades? How old is that guys computer.
I built PC in late 2013. New mobo installed about two years ago. I found secure boot. However when I went through the settings in bios it wouldn't boot up and kept re-entering bios
I'm thinking it has something to do with how my hard drive was formatted initially?
Posted on 4/27/26 at 2:27 pm to HailToTheChiz
What do we think about this?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/27/out-of-stock-google-offers-free-pc-upgrade-for-windows-users/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/27/out-of-stock-google-offers-free-pc-upgrade-for-windows-users/
Posted on 4/27/26 at 4:03 pm to HailToTheChiz
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I'm thinking it has something to do with how my hard drive was formatted initially?
Possibly, Windows 11 requires a GUID Partition Table (GPT) on the boot drive. Check in disk manager -> right click the boot disk -> properties -> volumes -> partition syle.
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What do we think about this?
ChromeOS Flex is basically a cloud console. If you do everything in the browser, it's fine. I'm assuming you were running Windows on purpose. ChromeOS Flex doesn't run Windows programs.
If you're willing to wipe your disk, try doing a fresh install of Windows 11. If it still says your hardware is incompatible, I'd install some flavor of Linux, like Mint, over ChromeOS Flex.
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