In June 2025, Microsoft announced that, in June 2026, it would begin deprecating Secure Boot certificates of Windows systems ...

I'm currently in the market for bootable "recovery" software that runs primarily on Windows 7, but also Vista, XP, and even 2000 would be optimal. To start, I simply like the idea of bootable software ...

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

It sounds scarier than it is.

Microsoft has recently begun replacing expiring Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 systems running 24H2 and 25H2 ...

Microsoft is updating the digital certificates powering Windows’ Secure Boot software verification feature, an ambitious effort to maintain the security of more than 1 billion devices worldwide.

Secure Boot has relied on the same security certificates to verify bootloaders since 2011, during the development cycle for Windows 8. But those original certificates are set to expire in June and ...

If you are wondering why copying files or a Bootable USB drive won’t work, then the answer is that copying will not make the drive bootable. Windows the computer starts, it looks for an entry point ...