Aspire R Disabling Secure Boot

tnpease

My VPN provider requires the old version 5 Cisco VPN Client.  The VPN client installs an unsigned kernel-mode driver.  The UEFI boot system uses Secure Boot, which requires  signed kernel-mode drivers.

 

When I switch to Legacy (unsecure/non-UEFI) boot, It asks for a USB dongle, which I do not have.

 

What do I need to do to legacy boot from the SSD harddrive?

 

After I legacy-boot, will I need acer legacy drivers?  Which ones??  Where do I download them???

 

After I legacy-boot, will I have to reinstall Windowa 10?  How the heck do I do that??

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

IronFly

if you just need to install a not signed drivers, you don't need legacy or disable secure boot; you just need to disable windows signed drivers enforcement.

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how-to-disable-driver-signature-verification-on-64-bit-windows-8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/

padgett

Dongle ? Are you using Bitlocker ? (can require a USB) May be some softweare causing but should not happen just switching to legacy.

IronFly

if you just need to install a not signed drivers, you don't need legacy or disable secure boot; you just need to disable windows signed drivers enforcement.

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how-to-disable-driver-signature-verification-on-64-bit-windows-8.1-so-that-you-can-install-unsigned-drivers/

tnpease

Pressing shift during Restart, then clicking Troubleshoot, then clicking Advanced options, then clicking Startup Setting, then clicking Restart, then waiting for Startup Settings screen, then choosing 7 -- Disable driver signature enforcement (quickly).

 

You can then eventually install version 5 of the Cisco VPN Client version 5.

The procedure above only completes step 1 of 5; The full procedure can be found at:

http://www.gleescape.com/posts/2917

 

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!!

IronFly

You welcome.