CNET on MSN

You Might Actually Be Able to Upgrade Your 'Incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 for Free. Here's How

Press the Windows and R keys. Type msinfo32 and look for Secure Boot State. Chances are it's off. Also, check BIOS Mode. This ...
XDA Developers on MSN

3 firmware security failures that show how little motherboard manufacturers care

Motherboard manufacturers are responsible for one of the most important parts of your PC's boot process, yet they just don't ...

Why Windows 11 requires a TPM - and how you can get around it

Windows 11 officially requires a Trusted Platform Module. Here's why and what to do if your old PC doesn't have one.
Cybernews

Not so Secure Boot: 200K Framework computers found to include a bypass

The Secure Boot foundation has once again been shaken by another example of how easily this safety feature, which is supposed to protect against malicious software on boot, can be bypassed. Signed ...
Windows Report

What Is EFI in Windows and How It Works

EFI, the Extensible Firmware Interface, is the firmware layer that initializes hardware before Windows loads. It checks CPU, RAM, storage, and peripherals, then hands control to the operating system.

'Systems that have a secure boot process, in reality, do not': Major backdoors have been discovered in Framework Linux machines and it might just be the tip of the ice…

Firmware security company Eclypsium has claimed that 200,000 Framework laptops and desktops that are running Linux have ...
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