secure boot

Microsoft is quietly rolling a coordinated replacement of long‑lived Secure Boot certificates into Windows and firmware now — because several Microsoft UEFI certificates issued in 2011 begin expiring in mid‑2026 — and PC gamers should treat this as a high‑priority maintenance event that touches...

Microsoft shipped the January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates on January 13–14, and the result is a month dominated by fixes and risk‑mitigation rather than new consumer features: Windows 11 received the cumulative update KB5074109 (builds 26200.7623 and 26100.7623) that addresses battery, stability...

If you use Windows, Microsoft Office, Azure services, SQL Server, or Microsoft developer tools, treat the latest advisories as urgent: India’s national cyber‑security agency CERT‑In has flagged multiple high‑severity Microsoft vulnerabilities and Microsoft has issued January 2026 security...

Windows and Microsoft product users are facing renewed urgency after a flurry of security advisories and the January 13, 2026 Patch Tuesday that fixed more than a hundred vulnerabilities — including at least one flaw Microsoft says was actively exploited in the wild — and security agencies and...

Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 landed with more than the usual batch of security fixes: the cumulative update (KB5074109) published on January 13, 2026, bundles a servicing‑stack update and a set of quality changes that include compatibility shifts, a targeted fix for battery...

Microsoft quietly pulled the standalone Windows 10 security update KB4524244 after users and administrators reported installation failures, system freezes, and broken recovery paths, exposing a rare but serious problem: a security patch designed to protect the UEFI Secure Boot environment can...

Microsoft’s January 13, 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11 — KB5074109 — is rolling out to devices running Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, delivering a mix of security fixes and quality improvements with an emphasis on battery and boot integrity, but also introducing changes that require...

I downloaded latest official win11 media from ms and tried to use them to initialize a hyper v vm. However, I cannot boot into installation without disabling secure boot in VM settings. Many thanks in advance for any assistance Joe

Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out replacement Secure Boot certificates to Windows PCs to prevent a calendar-driven failure when long‑running Microsoft UEFI certificates issued in 2011 begin to expire this June; the changes are being delivered through January 2026 cumulative updates...

Microsoft released the January 13, 2026 security baseline today — published as KB5074109 — and enterprise administrators should treat this as both a mandatory security checkpoint and a practical reminder about the new Hotpatch servicing cadence for Windows 11 Enterprise (24H2 and 25H2). The...

Microsoft has started an automated, phased replacement of expiring Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 systems, a preventative move to avoid widespread boot‑level serviceability and security loss when long‑running Microsoft certificates issued circa 2011 begin to expire in mid‑2026...

Pocket‑lint’s short, practical checklist for speeding up Windows 11’s File Explorer is the kind of hands‑on guidance that saves time and frustration: clear Explorer caches, turn off Quick Access, tame indexing, apply a targeted Registry tweak to stop folder sniffing, and—if you still need...

The long-lived ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT — a midrange 2007–2008 GPU that shipped in dozens of retail and OEM boards and even as an Apple‑blessed option for early Mac Pro systems — can still be made to work on modern Windows systems, but the path is now one of compromise: you can expect a stable...

Microsoft’s first security update for Windows 10 in 2026, KB5073724, is a compact but consequential patch: it’s a security-only cumulative for Extended Security Update (ESU) and LTSC devices that removes legacy modem drivers, prepares devices for Microsoft’s replacement Secure Boot certificates...

Microsoft’s January cumulative for Windows 10 — KB5073724 — arrived as a focused security rollup that changes how some legacy hardware is supported and begins a careful, OS‑side rollout of replacement Secure Boot certificates ahead of 2026 expirations, while also packaging a batch of important...

Microsoft rolled out the January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates today, delivering cumulative fixes for Windows 11 and Windows 10 alongside an early, targeted rollout of new Secure Boot certificates designed to prevent widespread boot- and update-breakage when long‑running firmware certificates...

Microsoft's January 13, 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5073455, OS Build 22631.6491) closes several security gaps, removes legacy modem drivers with known high-severity vulnerabilities, and introduces a controlled, phased mechanism to deliver replacement Secure Boot certificates ahead...

Microsoft’s Secure Boot trust anchors — the firmware‑provisioned certificates that validate bootloaders and the Windows boot manager — are approaching end‑of‑life, and the coordinated replacement process introduced by Microsoft and OEMs is now the single most urgent operational task for Windows...

December’s Windows updates closed the year with a steady stream of practical improvements for enterprise administrators, security teams, and endpoint managers — from a major Secure Boot readiness campaign to storage and encryption upgrades that promise measurable performance and security gains...

I stopped carrying a handful of dedicated installer sticks the moment I discovered a working Ventoy drive: install Ventoy once, copy ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files like ordinary files to the drive, and boot whichever image you need from a tidy menu. This simple architectural shift converts a USB...