Update 1/22/23: Title updated as MSI intentionally changed this setting as per statement below. Over 290 MSI motherboards are reportedly affected by an insecure default UEFI Secure Boot setting ...

Among the requirements for installing Windows 11 are two security features: Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0 and Secure Boot. As we’ve documented before ...

Secure Boot is an industry standard for ensuring that Windows devices don’t load malicious firmware or software during the startup process. If you have it turned on—as you should in most cases, and it ...

Secure Boot has been a core part of PC motherboards for more than a decade -- MSI needed to be reminded of that. A security researcher recently discovered that MSI has released more than 300 ...

But the feature still works if you set the BIOS correctly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

It’s the first thing you need to do when you get a Secure Boot option grayed out in the BIOS. Although it is not necessary, some configurations require users to set ...

Secure Boot is one of the requirements for Windows 11. You cannot install Windows 11 until you enable Secure Boot in your BIOS. However, there are ways by which you ...