Does Sandboxie support UEFI/Secure Boot-Enabled OSes?

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Does Sandboxie support UEFI/Secure Boot-Enabled OSes?

Post by Enigma » Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:40 pm

Hi, this is my first post on these forums. I'm currently considering purchasing Sandboxie. However, before I do, i need to know whether it is fully compatible with UEFI-enabled OSes. My situation is that I'm currently running Win8Pro x64, and triple booting alongside WinServer2012 x64 and Ubuntu 12.10 x64, which are all installed with UEFI enabled. I do know that Sandboxie requires driver signature enforcement to be disabled for it to work at all, but I also know that UEFI prevents the loading of unsigned/self-signed drivers, so theoretically that would prevent Sandboxie from working, but I'm not sure. So, can anyone tell me whether Sandboxie is currently UEFI-compatible, or whether it will be in an upcoming future version?

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Post by tzuk » Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:18 am

Enigma wrote:I do know that Sandboxie requires driver signature enforcement to be disabled for it to work at all
No, that's just not true.
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Post by Enigma » Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:08 am

OK, so maybe i was wrong on that (it's what a friend said, but he is using pirate version, i pay for most of my softwares though).

In any case it still doesnt answer the original question, which is, does Sandboxie work on/support UEFI-enabled Windows OSes?

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Post by tzuk » Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:58 am

Unlocking extra features with a product key doesn't change the program files. In other words, if Sandboxie works without entering a product key, there is no reason that entering a product key will make a difference.

As for Windows Server 2012, I haven't tested Sandboxie with this version of Windows, so again that is something that you should check before paying for a product key.
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