• Battlefield 2042 Won't Run Without Secure Boot

    From Rin Stowleigh@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 19 19:18:30 2025
    BF2042 sucked on release -- I tried it on the EA monthly plan thing
    and quickly shitcanned it. But over time it did evolve into a pretty
    good time, so on the third time I retried it and bought (and a heavy
    discount, I think for $15) it was a keeper.

    However, after firing it up for the first time in a few weeks on the
    latest update they're requing Secure Boot. This is the first time
    I've seen a game simply refuse to run until Secure Boot is enabled in
    the BIOS. But then again, on my latest rig I didn't even realize it
    was disabled, and it really shouldn't be disabled for anyone at this
    point.

    So clearly this is a move aimed at stopping cheaters.

    Newbie Clueless Retarded Gamer: "But EA is evil for telling me what
    my BIOS setting should be, how fascist of them"

    Experienced Multiplayer Gamer: "Thanks for shutting down the
    cheaters"

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