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Dual Boot Not Trusted, Rejected By Vista SP1

Posted by timothy on from the that's-south-of-luckless dept.

Alsee writes "Welcome to our first real taste of Trusted Computing: With Vista Enterprise and Vista Ultimate, Service Pack 1 refuses to install on dual boot systems. Trusted Computing is one of the many things that got cut from Vista, but traces of it remain in BitLocker, and that is the problem. The Service Pack patch to your system will invalidate your Trust chain if you are not running the Microsoft-approved Microsoft-trusted boot loader, or if you make other similar unapproved modifications to your system. The Trust chip (the TPM) will then refuse to give you your key to unlock your own hard drive. If you are not running BitLocker then a workaround is available: Switch back to Microsoft's Vista-only boot mode, install the Service Pack, then reapply your dual boot loader. If you are running BitLocker, or if Microsoft resumes implementing Trusted Computing, then you are S.O.L."

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  1. Re:Not trusted for a reason by iminplaya · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If I want my data to be secure, I probably won't use BitLocker. Would not TrueCrypt be the better option?

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  2. Re:But what if... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And if you're in the UK it will automatically extradite you to the US. Expect Yanks in black suits to kick down your back door in 3... 2... 1...

  3. Re:You can use the Vista boot loader by rlbond86 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't understand. Why would anyone need GRUB? Now that Windows Vista is here, there's no reason to run Linux. Vista has Aero!