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"secure" boot, the industry standard for ensuring that devices don't run software other than Windows during the bootup process
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Nah, you can enroll your own keys and set it up so you can be reasonably certain that your boot image hasn't been altered, validating its integrity against the potential threat of bootkits. I do this with my Gentoo install.