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I want to downgrade my computer from Windows 8.1 to Windows 7. I originally had Windows 7 on my desktop, then upgraded to Windows 8, then Microsoft basically forced me to upgrade to Windows 8.1. I was getting tired of Windows 8.1, and want to go back to 7.



My motherboard is an ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard I bought roughly 2 years ago. I can hit F2 to get into the EFI, but when I go to the Security Tab, there's no option to disable secure boot. This is what my firmware looks like:



http://i.imgur.com/Yv6RsmI.jpg



and here is what the same firmware looks like on tutorials that I have tried following:



https://neosmart.net/wiki/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/05/ASRock-Secure-Boot.jpeg



Could someone help me out here? Why is there a difference? Also, are there any subtle things I should know about before I attempt this process of getting Windows 7 working on my Windows 8 computer?



Any help would be much appreciated.










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    I want to downgrade my computer from Windows 8.1 to Windows 7. I originally had Windows 7 on my desktop, then upgraded to Windows 8, then Microsoft basically forced me to upgrade to Windows 8.1. I was getting tired of Windows 8.1, and want to go back to 7.



    My motherboard is an ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard I bought roughly 2 years ago. I can hit F2 to get into the EFI, but when I go to the Security Tab, there's no option to disable secure boot. This is what my firmware looks like:



    http://i.imgur.com/Yv6RsmI.jpg



    and here is what the same firmware looks like on tutorials that I have tried following:



    https://neosmart.net/wiki/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/05/ASRock-Secure-Boot.jpeg



    Could someone help me out here? Why is there a difference? Also, are there any subtle things I should know about before I attempt this process of getting Windows 7 working on my Windows 8 computer?



    Any help would be much appreciated.










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      I want to downgrade my computer from Windows 8.1 to Windows 7. I originally had Windows 7 on my desktop, then upgraded to Windows 8, then Microsoft basically forced me to upgrade to Windows 8.1. I was getting tired of Windows 8.1, and want to go back to 7.



      My motherboard is an ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard I bought roughly 2 years ago. I can hit F2 to get into the EFI, but when I go to the Security Tab, there's no option to disable secure boot. This is what my firmware looks like:



      http://i.imgur.com/Yv6RsmI.jpg



      and here is what the same firmware looks like on tutorials that I have tried following:



      https://neosmart.net/wiki/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/05/ASRock-Secure-Boot.jpeg



      Could someone help me out here? Why is there a difference? Also, are there any subtle things I should know about before I attempt this process of getting Windows 7 working on my Windows 8 computer?



      Any help would be much appreciated.










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      I want to downgrade my computer from Windows 8.1 to Windows 7. I originally had Windows 7 on my desktop, then upgraded to Windows 8, then Microsoft basically forced me to upgrade to Windows 8.1. I was getting tired of Windows 8.1, and want to go back to 7.



      My motherboard is an ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard I bought roughly 2 years ago. I can hit F2 to get into the EFI, but when I go to the Security Tab, there's no option to disable secure boot. This is what my firmware looks like:



      http://i.imgur.com/Yv6RsmI.jpg



      and here is what the same firmware looks like on tutorials that I have tried following:



      https://neosmart.net/wiki/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/05/ASRock-Secure-Boot.jpeg



      Could someone help me out here? Why is there a difference? Also, are there any subtle things I should know about before I attempt this process of getting Windows 7 working on my Windows 8 computer?



      Any help would be much appreciated.







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          Alright, I stumbled upon the perfect article on AskUbuntu.com. SecureBoot doesn't show up because my computer doesn't have it. To figure out if you have SecureBoot or not, run Windows PowerShell as Administrator, then type:



          Confirm-SecureBootUEFI


          It will return true, false, or "Cmdlet not supported on this platform". Mine returned with the latter, and thus doesn't have it.



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            Alright, I stumbled upon the perfect article on AskUbuntu.com. SecureBoot doesn't show up because my computer doesn't have it. To figure out if you have SecureBoot or not, run Windows PowerShell as Administrator, then type:



            Confirm-SecureBootUEFI


            It will return true, false, or "Cmdlet not supported on this platform". Mine returned with the latter, and thus doesn't have it.



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              Alright, I stumbled upon the perfect article on AskUbuntu.com. SecureBoot doesn't show up because my computer doesn't have it. To figure out if you have SecureBoot or not, run Windows PowerShell as Administrator, then type:



              Confirm-SecureBootUEFI


              It will return true, false, or "Cmdlet not supported on this platform". Mine returned with the latter, and thus doesn't have it.



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                Alright, I stumbled upon the perfect article on AskUbuntu.com. SecureBoot doesn't show up because my computer doesn't have it. To figure out if you have SecureBoot or not, run Windows PowerShell as Administrator, then type:



                Confirm-SecureBootUEFI


                It will return true, false, or "Cmdlet not supported on this platform". Mine returned with the latter, and thus doesn't have it.



                Link to answer that explained this






                share|improve this answer















                Alright, I stumbled upon the perfect article on AskUbuntu.com. SecureBoot doesn't show up because my computer doesn't have it. To figure out if you have SecureBoot or not, run Windows PowerShell as Administrator, then type:



                Confirm-SecureBootUEFI


                It will return true, false, or "Cmdlet not supported on this platform". Mine returned with the latter, and thus doesn't have it.



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