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Hi, I will contact you privately to addess your issue. Dave

Grub2Win reads this Windows system registry key to get the secure boot status. A value of 0 means disabled 1 is enabled. "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Secureboot\State\UEFISecureBootEnabled" So this is what Windows believes your secure boot status is. You may want to check the key yourself to see if your machine is correct. You can add Mint to your Grub2Win boot menu without harm. Just run Grub2Win and click the yellow "Manage Boot Menu" button. Then add a Mint entry and select...

App told me secure boot was not enabled. (It was) App didn't recognize my actual grub configuration. (Just wanted to set Windows as default. I already have A Linux Mint option set) I didn't want to break my actual configuration.

Hi again Patrick, It depends on a lot of factors. The old BIOS firmware may or may not find Windows on other drives. It varies from motherboard to motherboard. EFI firmware machines can have Windows anywhere. As long as the EFI firmware can find the EFI partition, you're golden. The most reliable way on non EFI machines like yours is to install all Windows OS items on drive 0. This works every time. Thanks, Dave

Hi Patrick, I looked over your diagnostics and noticed something. Your Windows boot drive is on physical disk 2. On most BIOS firmware systems, Microsoft expects the Windows boot manager to be on physical disk 0. Placing the boot drive on other physical disks can cause a number of unusual boot errors. This is particularly true on systems with very old firmware such as yours (2012). I recommend that you re plug the disks drives on your system controller so that the Windows boot is on drive 0. Please...

Hi Fred, I responded to your diagnostics via email. Dave

Hi, Please send me your Grub2Win diagnostics. This will give me information on your machine's partitions and hardware. I need this information to understand and diagnose your problem. Run Grub2Win in Windows and click the blue "Diagnostics" button. Please let me know. Thanks, Dave

Hi again Stan, As I said. The Internet connection is absolutely required. It is deeply embedded in the code and cannot be removed without a complete rewrite. Dave