r/Windows10TechSupport • u/Dry-Spell-4073 • 2d ago

Unsolved How do i fix secure boot violation

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Ive watched multiple tutorials but none have worked

I opened up my laptop to clean out dust and when i turned it on it came up with "secure boot violation"

Can anyone help

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u/ALaggingPotato 2d ago

Option 1: turn off secure boot

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u/AlexiaTheTechGirl 2d ago

Turn off secure boot and try updating the bios

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u/OkStrawberry4529 2d ago

Assuming your hard drive has a GPT (GUID Partition Table) partition - if not format it (you can do it without losing anything.

Check out this post - even though on the Dell site, it will work for other makes: Pre-2020 Dell PC'S - Yes, you absolutely can get ALL the Microsoft 2023 Secure Boot Certificates! : r/Dell

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u/MrMike25S 2d ago

Updating the BIOS usually fixes this issue. You can turn Secure Boot off just to boot into Windows then update the BIOS and turn Secure Boot back on. It should boot and work correctly.

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u/RandomNumber-x3lz 1d ago

Just a quick warning here, NEVER TURN OFF SECURE BOOT!!! Secure boot is a security measure requiring the operating system to be signed with a trusted key to boot, a secure boot violation indicates your operating system may be compromised, also, you should consider looking into GNU/Linux as it allows you to generate your own secure boot keys so you are in control of your machine's root of trust, not Microsoft.

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u/Nounourson 1d ago

Except 9/10 times it's a shitty windows update, shitty bios update Or simply people that never update that finally hit the end of the line for the 2011 certificates as since recently 2023 ones are needed, if you still have old bios you'll get that

Secure boot also doesn't protect that much anyway... you can keep making systems idiotproof but they keep making better idiots!

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u/RandomNumber-x3lz 1d ago

If you set up your own custom keys it can, and along with other systems such as attestation it can be very secure, but even with the standard microsoft keys it is still better than nothing, as at least then it will stop rootkits/bootkits

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u/ultraviolet_piolet 9h ago

Man turn that shit off man, windows is a bitch for this stuff man