XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 3/5/26 6:30 PM, Jack wrote:   
   > Windows Secure Boot is EXPIRING: Do This Before June 2026!   
   > Windows Secure Boot certificates are reaching their "End of Life"   
   > starting June 2026. If you haven't updated your UEFI CA certificates,   
   > your PC's boot-level security is about to expire and you may have   
   > serious problems booting up your machine.   
   >   
   > This only applies to UEFI boot. On Windows 10 this was not necessary but   
   > for Windows 11 this is now mandatory. Whether Microsoft updates this   
   > before they expire remains to be seen but you can manually upgrade it by   
   > using these PowerShell/Terminal commands as Administrator:   
   >   
   > Check if it needs updating:   
   >   
   > [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString((Get-SecureBootUEFI db).bytes)   
   > -match 'Windows UEFI CA 2023'   
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   > If it shows false then you need to change the registry:   
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   > reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Secureboot   
   > /v AvailableUpdates /t REG_DWORD /d 0x5944 /f   
   >   
   > Then run this in Terminal/PowerShell:   
   >   
   > Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName "\Microsoft\Windows\PI\Secure-Boot-Update"   
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   This is so old it's pathetic.  2023.  I would sure hope that some standard MS   
   patch came   
   down the line.   It would be a pity if millions of windows 11 users got hung   
   out to dry.   
      
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