Busted Windows RT limitation: can run unsigned apps

No one should be surprised that a few months after a new system comes out, someone manages to break its security measures to exploit its possibilities. Windows RT was not going to be less and one of its main restrictions would have already been violated The jailbreak, crack, or whatever you want to call it, whose information has been published by someone who goes by the name of clrokr , would make it possible to run unsigned applications on Microsoft's operating system for the ARM platform. This means being able to install software that does not come from the Windows Store.

Remember that one of the limitations of Windows 8 in its RT version is the fact that only supports running applications from the Windows StoreThat is, those with Modern UI interface accepted by Microsoft to be in its store. In this way, those from Redmond try to guarantee the security and proper functioning of our systems, imitating the software distribution model that has triumphed in smartphones and tablets.

But this has its drawbacks. One of them is that, despite having the classic desktop underneath, we cannot install unsigned software, so in Windows RT there is no possibility of running desktop programs. Microsoft only allows running system applications and Office 2013 RT. Now, by applying the aforementioned jailbreak, we could run any compiled for the ARM platform.

Although the exploit is relatively trivial, the process to carry it out is still not easy and has to be done every time we start the system. Also, as we have already pointed out, we are talking about running desktop applications compiled for ARM Of course, it is not possible to run any software developed for x86 platforms.

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Apart from this, the publication of the method fuels a new debate. Its author, clrokr , claims that Windows RT is a clean copy of Windows 8 and that Microsoft is artificially separating the two platforms. The very method he posted works on Windows 8, which he says is indicative of how similar the two systems are. In other words, according to his words,there would be no technical reasons for not allowing running desktop applicationson Windows RT, just a bad marketing decision. "

Via | The Verge In Xataka Windows | Windows RT: Features and Limitations