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UEFI and Windows

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Overview This paper briefly describes support for the Unified Extended Firmware Interface (UEFI) in the Windows family of operating systems and includes a brief discussion of related technical issues. This information applies for the operating systems like Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. UEFI is the next-generation firmware model and is expected to replace BIOS in the coming decade.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	July 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Operating Systems

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