The legality and safety of using Windows Loader v1.9.6 are significant concerns.

It was widely considered one of the most stable releases before the eventual v2.x series, which would later accommodate the complexity of UEFI motherboards—a technology that was just starting to trickle into the mainstream consumer market during v1.9.6's heyday.

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