It only affects machines that are configured to perform fast boot, and then typically only if they use USB input devices. If a board is shipped configured to run anything other than Windows 8, this won't be an issue. If there's no OS installed at all, this won't be a problem.
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Re: Booting Linux on Windows 8 machines
Date: 2012-12-28 04:12 am (UTC)