secure boot

Microsoft has added a new enterprise-friendly way to apply the Secure Boot certificate rollout: a Windows Configuration System (WinCS) command‑line interface that lets domain administrators query and apply a predefined Secure Boot configuration key — making the complex Secure Boot certificate...

Microsoft’s new Windows Configuration System (WinCS) support for Secure Boot gives domain administrators a third, scripted path to apply Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificate updates at scale — a pragmatic addition to the existing Windows Update and manual firmware-update approaches, but one that...

Microsoft has published explicit registry controls that let IT teams trigger, monitor, and manage the rollout of the new Secure Boot certificates and boot manager signed by the 2023 Microsoft UEFI certificate family — a critical operational path for enterprises that must replace expiring...

Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificate rollover is a platform-level change that will touch firmware, OS servicing, BitLocker, and recovery processes — and IT teams must treat it as a multi-quarter program, not a routine patch. The company’s managed update flow uses a scheduled Windows task that...

Activision says the Black Ops 7 beta delivered a meaningful drop in cheating, with Team RICOCHET reporting that nearly 99% of matches were cheater‑free by the end of the beta — a result the company frames as the strongest beta anti‑cheat performance in Call of Duty history. Background Call of...

Microsoft’s announced cut-off for Windows 10 support has turned what should have been a routine lifecycle milestone into a political, technical and environmental firestorm—one that risks leaving hundreds of millions of usable PCs exposed to attacks, forcing costly refresh cycles in the public...

Battlefield 6 will refuse to launch on a PC that does not present a modern platform trust stack — namely UEFI Secure Boot enabled (and a present TPM 2.0) — because EA’s Javelin anti‑cheat requires those firmware-backed signals to operate at the kernel level. Background / Overview Battlefield 6...

Players who booted up Battlefield 6 only to be blocked by the blunt “SecureBoot is not enabled” message discovered an awkward new reality: EA’s PC build now refuses to launch unless Windows presents a modern platform trust stack — specifically UEFI Secure Boot enabled and the platform TPM...

Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has created a high-stakes, time-sensitive problem for tens of millions of users and thousands of organisations — from home PCs in living rooms to entire enterprise fleets — forced to choose between hurried upgrades...

Activision’s anti‑cheat team says the Black Ops 7 beta delivered an order‑of‑magnitude improvement in match integrity — and if the early numbers hold, players may finally see the kind of cheater‑free experience the franchise has struggled to provide in recent years. Background / Overview Call of...

A fresh telemetry snapshot from remote‑support sessions underscores a stark reality: as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline approaches, a large share of real‑world endpoints remain on an OS that will soon stop receiving routine security patches—creating an urgent migration and...

Microsoft's recent documentation tweak around Windows 11 installation has pulled back a quiet lifeline that many users relied on — and made clear that running Windows 11 on machines that don’t meet Microsoft’s minimum requirements is now an explicitly unsupported, high‑risk choice. The company’s...

Genpact’s new Insurance Policy Suite is a clear statement that the vendor and consulting arms of the insurance technology market are moving past proof‑of‑concepts and toward agentic automation: a four‑module, Microsoft‑backed product that promises to automate much of the pre‑bind underwriting...

You’ve unboxed a brand‑new PC and now need to turn it into a working Windows machine — this guide walks you through creating installation media, meeting Windows 11 hardware checks, doing a clean or in‑place install, and options for migrating your old system without reinstalling apps and...

Electronic Arts has added a new gate to the PC door for Battlefield 6: the game now refuses to run on Windows machines that do not present a modern platform trust stack — specifically Secure Boot enabled (UEFI) and TPM 2.0 active — and many of the step-by-step instructions and troubleshooting...

Microsoft began a staged global rollout of the Windows 11 2025 Update — Windows 11, version 25H2 — on September 30, 2025, delivering the release primarily as a small enablement package that flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing branch; rather than a flashy consumer reboot, this...

If your Windows 10 PC is being told it’s “ineligible” for Windows 11, the fix may be a single BIOS/UEFI switch — enabling your machine’s TPM (Trusted Platform Module) support — and in many cases that alone will make the system eligible for the free Windows 11 upgrade before Windows 10 support...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will block non‑compliant PCs at launch if they don’t meet Activision’s updated RICOCHET anti‑cheat prerequisites — most notably an active TPM 2.0 and UEFI Secure Boot — and there’s a narrow window to prepare legacy systems before the November 14, 2025 launch. Background...

If you’re one of the many Windows users still uncertain whether your PC can run Windows 11, you can get a definitive, actionable answer in seconds — provided you know which checks to run, where to look for the real reasons a system fails, and how to weigh the risks of any workaround you might...

Windows users who are planning an upgrade to Windows 11—or who want to keep modern games and anti‑cheat systems working—need to know whether their PC has a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and whether it’s enabled; the checks are quick, the fixes are usually straightforward, but a few important...