Microsoft's policies around a new, extra-tough authentication system for Windows 8 have caused grief with normally loyal PC builders, insiders from the companies claimed Monday. Its new OEM Authentication 3.0 spec (OA 3.0) will require that companies load Windows 8 into the firmware on the mainboard and abandon a familiar process of installing the OS on a hard drive. The process described to Digitimes is expected to be much costlier as it will take longer, require a technician to watch while it installs, and likely trigger mistakes as the lack of a Certificate of Au
