Secure Boot locked me out of my own Windows laptop. Here's what finally fixed it

You turn on your laptop. Or at least, you try. The screen stays black, with just nine words displayed in white: Invalid ...
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Windows Secure Boot certificates expire today, check your PC now

A decade old Secure Boot certificate reaches its sunset today leaving firmware checks in flux for older PCs and pending updates.
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How IT admins can check BIOS or UEFI versions in Windows 11

Up-to-date BIOS and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware is critical for enterprise security, device reliability and seamless Windows 11 adoption. In enterprise environments, firmware ...

Should you update the BIOS of a BTO PC when it arrives? The order of checking compatible CPUs, version numbers, and support

When your BTO gaming PC arrives, you might wonder if you should update the motherboard BIOS to the latest version immediately. However, updating is not a task that necessarily increases game frame ...
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Microsoft update breaks Lenovo BIOS tools, blocking upgrades

Microsoft recently updated Windows' "Vulnerable Driver Block List" (DriverSiPolicy.p7b) to improve security. However, this update mistakenly blocked WinFlash64.exe, a key program used by Lenovo’s BIOS ...
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How to reset Windows 11 PC from BIOS

If a Windows OS is having significant and persistent issues, administrators might have to take drastic action to make the desktop usable again. In some cases, the best course of action is just to ...