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Windows 11 | Windows 10 Modifying => Patch Tuesday| Updates | Security | Privacy | Anti-virus => Topic started by: javajolt on April 07, 2026, 08:33:17 AM
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Check your PC now — do not miss this deadline. NurPhoto via Getty Images
Windows users beware. Microsoft has confirmed that Secure Boot certificates, first issued in 2011, expire in 8 just weeks. This has not happened before, and it will affect hundreds of millions of PCs. Some users need an upgrade to stay safe.
If your PC shipped in the last two years, you are fine. But if it’s older, you need to ensure you have installed recent updates. Revised certificates are now integrated into wider software downloads. Be warned, if your PC has fallen off support, as is the case with hundreds of millions of Windows 10 PCs, then you will fall foul of the imminent certificate expiration and you need to enrol in the ESU now.
In its Apr. 2 update, Microsoft warns users that “Secure Boot certificates, originally issued in 2011, are approaching expiration in 2026. Updated 2023 certificates are being delivered automatically through Windows Update to consumer devices and some business devices. The Windows Security app now shows whether devices have received these updates, their current status, and whether any action is needed.”
As Neowin explains, Microsoft’s “useful warning about upcoming mandatory Windows 11/10 update installation” is a call to action for users. “Secure Boot update must be installed before the deadline which is fast approaching.” The good news now is that “you will now know whether it is already installed or not.”
source (http://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/04/microsofts-windows-upgrade-deadline-now-just-8-weeks-away/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4)