Microsoft’s April Windows 11 update introduces notifications to alert users if Secure Boot certificates—critical to preventing malware at startup—are outdated ahead of their June 2026 expiry.

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update now notifies users if their Secure Boot certificates need updating before they expire in June 2026. This replaces the previous manual check process, aiming to ...

Windows 11's April update made it easy to check your Secure Boot certificate status ahead of the June 2026 expiration ...

This has never happened before. Microsoft is expiring the authentication that protects Windows PCs from threats each time ...

Time is running out, Microsoft's first Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026. The distribution of the updated certificates is being rolled out gradually for desktop systems; for servers and in ...

Microsoft’s original Secure Boot certificates that protect your PC’s startup process are set to expire in June. To help users check if they're still protected, the company is ready to roll out a new ...

Microsoft urges Windows Server admins to prepare for Secure Boot certificate updates. Expiring 2011 Secure Boot certificates in June 2026 require proactive remediation. Updated firmware trust chains ...

Microsoft will use standard Windows 11 updates to keep Secure Boot working on existing PCs as the operating system's original certificates near their end. The company says Secure Boot certificates ...

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 ...

Microsoft introduced Secure Boot back in 2011, and made it a key requirement for installation of Windows 11. And now some users will have to update their certificates ...

Epic Games recently mandated Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 to play competitive Fortnite on PC. You can enable Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 through your BIOS settings. It is ...