Secure Boot
The latest Secure Boot coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Intune Autopatch report flags devices missing 2023 Secure Boot certs; June 2026 deadline may cause boot failures.
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a new Secure Boot status report for Windows Autopatch in the Intune admin center, arming IT administrators with critical visibility into which managed devices have...
Windows 11 June 2026 Patch Tuesday: Secure Boot Fix & New NPU Tools
Microsoft will release its June 2026 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 on June 9, 2026, delivering mandatory security patches alongside a suite of user-facing enhancements. This month’s...
Secure Boot Certificate Rollover Playbook: June 2026 Readiness Steps Every IT Team Must Take Now
Microsoft’s long-delayed Secure Boot certificate rollover now has a firm start date: June 2026. Organizations that fail to prepare will face machines that refuse to boot after the update—or...
Windows 11 June Update Adds NPU Monitor, Low-Latency Audio & Shared Bluetooth
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for June 2026 lands on June 9, and it’s packing more than the usual security bulletins. Codenamed internally as a “quality-of-life” refresh, this cumulative update...
Secure Boot KEK CA 2011 expires June 2026; millions of PCs risk boot failures without firmware updates.
Microsoft’s fleet of 2011-vintage Secure Boot certificates is heading toward a hard expiration in June 2026, and the most critical deadline involves the Microsoft Corporation KEK CA 2011—a...
Windows 11 Upgrade Fails? Use This Preflight TPM & Secure Boot Checklist
The Windows 11 Installation Assistant remains the quickest path for upgrading an existing Windows 10 PC to Windows 11. Run the tool, click a few buttons, and it handles the heavy lifting—except...
Intune becomes mandatory for Windows Update for Business policies in June 2026
Microsoft has issued its May 2026 Windows servicing recap, delivering a clear heads-up to IT administrators: June will be dominated by three major shifts. A mandatory Secure Boot certificate rollover...
Microsoft's May 2026 preview update delivers AI features and a hidden boot-partition warning
On May 26, Microsoft released KB5089573, an optional non-security preview update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. The update moved supported PCs to builds 26200.8524 and 26100.8524...
Windows 11 KB5089570 preview: Shared Audio, Xbox mode, and the Secure Boot shakeup you need to understand
Microsoft released a new preview cumulative update for Windows 11 on May 26, 2026, delivering a mix of consumer-friendly features, structural changes to security components, and specialized AI...
Secure Boot Certificate Upgrade: 2011 Keys Expire 2026—Act Now
Every Windows PC that relies on Secure Boot faces a hard deadline in the summer of 2026. On July 1, 2026, the root certificate that has authenticated the Windows boot process since the days of...
Windows 11 Update KB5089549 Fails with 0x800f0922 Due to Low EFI Partition Space
Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 11 security update KB5089549, released for versions 24H2 and 25H2, fails during installation on devices with critically low space on the EFI System Partition...
KB5089549 for Windows 11 Adds SecureBoot Folder to Automate UEFI Key Migration
Microsoft’s May 12, 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11, KB5089549, delivers a new and highly specific addition to the operating system: a C:\Windows\SecureBoot folder packed with PowerShell...