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Windows11 Prompts "Secure Boot KEK Update" Should I Install It?
The system showed a "Secure Boot KEK update" notification. What is this, and is it necessary to install?
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- CainyBrass Contributor
Secure Boot is a UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) feature that checks the digital signature of the operating system and other boot components to ensure they are genuine and have not been tampered with. This helps protect against malware and other types of attacks that could compromise the security of the system.
- gamingdivy_Win11Pro25H2Copper Contributor
if you need secure boot, which is a very good security feature, then yes, update it, else don't do it, but if windows is forcing you, open regedit, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\Orchestrator
and and if you see flyout options set to 10, set it to 0 and you will have a plain shutdown or restart
- vanessatamoraCopper Contributor
Yup, You should but you have until June if you would prefer to read up on it first. I've been working on it for all our work computers to make sure we get there by June. Also, it won't break anything to not do it yet, it will just impact security update stuff after June. I read they are adding to make it visible somewhere now because the certs that are being updated are used before login and it was a pain to get their details a few month back.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/secure-boot-certificate-update-status-in-the-windows-security-app-5ce39986-7dd2-4852-8c21-ef30dd04f046