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From: Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Battlefield 2042 Won't Run Without Secure Boot
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:18:30 -0400
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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"