HP, Dell, ASUS, Lenovo, MSI and Acer have published Secure Boot certificate guides. Here's what each PC manufacturer says you ...

A new Windows 11 recovery feature called Cloud Rebuild can restore an unbootable PC to a clean state, no USB drive required.

Microsoft has started automatically replacing expiring Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 systems. Secure Boot is a security feature that blocks malicious software (like ...

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 ...

Certificate Expiration: The KEK CA 2011 certificate expired on June 24, 2026, stopping unpatched systems from receiving new Secure Boot revocations. Trust Chain Preservation: The update replaces 2011 ...

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 ...

When a Windows PC simply refuses to boot, your troubleshooting options are quite limited. In such instances, the best thing you can do is run the Startup Repair and hope for the best. And when that ...

Attempting to install future Windows updates on devices with this "improper state" could cause the system to become unbootable. Microsoft said the issue affected only physical devices running Windows ...

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 ...

Windows will now tell you if Secure Boot is working properly. The new status indicates whether you have the latest Secure Boot updates. The April Windows update also patches a whopping 164 security ...