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For questions on “Secure Boot” and “Restricted Boot” the new bios feature that is in computers with the “Windows 8” logo.

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[Solved]How can I enable secure boot on my laptop

I have an Asus ROG strix g513ih laptop but in BIOS menu I can't select secure boot. It's greyed out
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Secure boot - How to append custom certificate to db if BIOS has no such option?

I have HP 245G7 notebook. The BIOS is very basic and there does not seem to be any option from within to append my own custom certificate to db database of secure boot. If there is an option in this ...
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Can disabling secure boot affect Windows?

Can disabling secure boot affect Windows OS? I want to disable it to install Linux. I use Windows 10 as my main OS now so all my data would be potentially lost if there is some problem with Windows ...
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Will Windows 11 require secure boot is enabled, or just requires secure boot capable UEFI motherboard? [duplicate]

I am planning to fresh install Windows 11 to a ASUS Prime Z590 motherboard with 11th generation intel CPU My question, will Windows 11 require secure boot is enabled, or just requires secure boot ...
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turning on secure boot gives only a black screen

I have installed Windows 10 with secure boot off and now I want to install Windows 11. So I turned secure boot back on but, only a black screen shows after computer boots. What I see - I can see POST ...
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How can I get secure boot working after manually creating EFI partition with diskpart?

motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING Rev X.0x I successfully enabled secure boot and installed Windows 11. Because of issues I decided to go back to Windows 10 and experiment on another machine. ...
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Secure Boot is Unsupported while Bios Mode is set to UEFI on Lenovo T520 Laptop on System Information

My Lenovo T520 laptop bios is set to UEFI and currently running Windows 10. Under System Information I can see UEFI for Bios Mode but Secure Boot is shown as unsupported. Does UEFI enable mean secure ...
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No signal on monitor after secure boot

I want to install windows 11 So i open the bios and enable tpm (intel ppm) and then disable csm and enable secure boot after use default key After restart i got blank screen no signal And no bios I ...
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PC won't boot when having the GPU connected after enabling Secure Boot

I wanted to upgrade to Windows 11 on my machine which worked perfectly up until now, so I checked the requirements and saw that I needed to enable Secure Boot in order to do so. Since I have a ...
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Can't see HDD after enabling Secure Boot for Windows 11

Windows 11 is coming out, and according to the diagnostic tool I need to enable Secure Boot and TPM in order to upgrade. The TPM part was easy enough, however, the Secure Boot doesn't really work. I ...
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Where is the data used in secure boot process stored?

I am spent a lot of time researching and reading about this topic but I am now very confused. I have read that computer manufacturers include some Microsoft keys. For example, Microsoft Corporation ...
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Do x64 machines differ in their secure boot implementations and ROM certificates?

I'm trying to understand secure boot and the key requirements in ROM firmware for x86 machines I'm coming from this definition of secure boot: The PCs are sold with certain certificates embedded in ...
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Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and back, playing with secure boot

On a Samsung NP900X3C, Windows 8.1 is installed. I would like to test Windows 10 on this machine and for that, I purchased a separate disk so that if it fails, I can just revert to the previous ...
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Install Debian Linux on a Fujitsu Esprimo D7010

After installing Debian Linux on a Fujitsu Esprimo D7010, there is no corresponding boot entry visible. The new Debian installation cannot be booted. It appears the problem is related to secure boot. ...
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Every time I eneble secure boot for windows 11 my pc doesnt boot and I have to reset bios settings by removing battary. Why is that?

So basically I want to update to windows 11 and I have to eneble 2 security settings TPM and secure boot I succesfully enebled Tpm but each time I try to do the same with secure boot my screen, ...
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