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It's time for our fourth Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) about updating Secure Boot certificates on your Windows devices before they expire in June of 2026. If you've already bookmarked Secure Boot play...
Pearl-Angeles
Updated Apr 15, 2026
TristanR
Apr 23, 2026Copper Contributor
We are considering a script that sets HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecureBoot\AvailableUpdates to 0x5944 and starts the \Microsoft\Windows\PI\Secure-Boot-Update task.
Can you confirm exactly what this does, and what the risks are of doing this manually or at scale?
mihi
Apr 23, 2026Brass Contributor
On incompatible firmware it may result in system freezes, Secure Boot errors on next boot, or devices requiring Bitlocker recovery at next reboot.
On most devices it will just work fine.
So make sure you have some resources available for handling the broken devices (e.g. walk to them to reboot them or enter bitlocker keys). You might also disable/suspend BitLocker during the update although this is not officially suggested by Microsoft.