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		noisy_boy on July 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Responsible stewardship of the UEFI Secure Boot ec... > Hurdle that doesn't matter at all. If you have the skillset to install an OS, changing a setting in UEFI is nothing. That assertion is a bit too absolute; I am comfortable installing an OS using the USB installer because I have done it many times. I haven't had to change UEFI settings yet and I'm worried that doing something wrong will lock me out (in case of a botched OS install, I can just start over).

Avamander on July 12, 2022 [–]

Fair, that fear can be real, but it does sound rare and I think that's what the user manual is for.

If we take the model the initial blogpost was about it's nicely documented: https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/Enable_Secure...

noisy_boy on July 12, 2022 | [–]

I agree - based on the steps in the link, it is quite straightforward.

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