The February Windows update preview is extensive. It includes new Secure Boot certificates and app and settings backups.

Older laptops with slightly yellowed plastic edges and intact but fading Windows 10 stickers still glow in display windows ...

Microsoft on Monday released a Secure Boot update ahead of the expiry of a root certificate first issued in 2011, warning ...

Server hardware and software co-design for a secure, efficient cloud.

Windows systems are heading toward a trust-chain maintenance event that’s easy to overlook until it breaks something. Windows 10 and Windows 11 rely on three security certificates that begin expiring ...

Microsoft ended software support for Windows 10 in October 2025, bringing an end to the operating system launched in 2015.

Microsoft has announced it will deliver new Secure Boot certificates via Windows Update starting March 2026 before 2011 ...

Secure Boot helps keep your computer safe by using trusted certificates in UEFI firmware. It checks bootloaders and prevents dangerous applications from running before Windows starts. Through Secure ...

Microsoft is reminding users that the Secure Boot ecosystem will soon require a mandatory check-up. The Redmond-backed security protocol, part of the UEFI specification and primarily ...

Microsoft reminds everyone that the initial wave of Secure Boot certificates, dropped in 2011, are due to expire.

Microsoft will roll out new Secure Boot certificates for Windows users starting June, as the old certificates will expire.

Microsoft is refreshing Secure Boot certificates for Windows PCs. If you bought one in the past year, you should be set, but others should be sure to keep up with Windows 11 updates.