Windows Secure Boot certificates must be updated by June 24th deadline
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Laura Pippig
Summary
Windows users face a June 24th deadline to install updated Secure Boot certificates on all systems using the Secure Boot feature. First warned about in January, failing to update these certificates could cause Secure Boot to malfunction, potentially compromising system security against startup threats. The article explains how to check certificate status and the consequences of missing the deadline.
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· 3 pulledOn June 24th—that's tomorrow, as of this writing—Windows users will run into an important deadline: new Secure Boot certificates must be installed on all systems that use Secure Boot
If your system doesn't get new Secure Boot certificates, you could run into serious problems.
Without these certificates, there's no guarantee that Secure Boot will continue to work properly.
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