Microsoft confirms systems without updated Secure Boot certificates will boot normally but lose some security protections.

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In June 2025, Microsoft announced that, in June 2026, it would begin deprecating Secure Boot certificates of Windows systems from 2011, which were superseded by their 2023 counterparts.

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