With the June 24, 2026, expiration of the original Microsoft Secure Boot KEK certificate now days away, Microsoft held its second live “Ask Microsoft Anything” session on June 4 to address the flood ...

Your PC restarts, and instead of the desktop you get a black recovery screen with the stop code 0xc000000f and a line pointing at \Windows\system32\winload.exe or \Boot\BCD .

Secure Boot, a feature first launched in 2011 with Windows 8, included an initial wave of certificates that are set to expire starting on June 24th. We've covered this before, but Microsoft is ...

The big picture: The Secure Boot certificates Microsoft originally issued in 2011 for Windows devices are set to expire next month. The company is currently rolling out new Secure Boot keys to ...

A major change is coming to Windows that neither individual users nor IT admins can ignore. Here’s how to prepare. Microsoft is preparing to make a significant change to the Secure Boot system in ...

Microsoft is about to make a significant upgrade to its Secure Boot system, and if enterprise customers have not gotten started on the upgrade, they are already behind. Secure Boot is a Windows ...

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Microsoft Secure Boot certificates from 2011 begin expiring in June 2026. Here’s how to check whether your Windows PC has the 2023 update. A hidden Windows security deadline is creeping toward ...

Most people will never need to think about Secure Boot certificates. They live deep in your PC’s firmware, do their job silently, and have been doing so since 2011 without asking for much in return.

PCWorld explains how Windows 11’s April update now automatically notifies users about Secure Boot certificate status, eliminating manual PowerShell checks. Microsoft’s current Secure Boot certificates ...