Microsoft has recently begun replacing expiring Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 systems running 24H2 and 25H2 ...

This article describes how to enable Secure Boot to install Windows 11. How Do I Enable Secure Boot? The easiest way to enable Secure Boot is to do so through UEFI. It's typically listed as one of the ...

Microsoft is rolling out "Secure Boot Allowed Key Exchange Key (KEK) Update," which requires a system reboot to finish ...

Microsoft confirms systems without updated Secure Boot certificates will boot normally but lose some security protections.

Get ye to Windows Update, because there's a good chance you've got new Secure Boot certificates to install. Microsoft just announced that it will be refreshing those certificates, which were ...

One of the hardware requirements for Windows 11 is Secure Boot, and its certificates are expiring soon. Here is what you need to know about that. Secure Boot is a known term for Windows 11 users. It ...

In June 2025, Microsoft announced that, in June 2026, it would begin deprecating Secure Boot certificates of Windows systems from 2011, which were superseded by their 2023 counterparts.

In brief: Secure Boot was originally introduced with Windows 8 as a firmware-based security feature designed to protect the OS from potentially malicious boot code. After more than 15 years, the ...