Microsoft has confirmed that only devices powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Series processors will receive 26H1. Existing PCs running Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2 will not be eligible for this release.

Microsoft's February 2026 update patches six actively exploited zero-day flaws and addresses critical Secure Boot certificate expirations..

This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

Get ye to Windows Update, because there's a good chance you've got new Secure Boot certificates to install. Microsoft just ...

Secure Boot has relied on the same security certificates to verify bootloaders since 2011, during the development cycle for Windows 8. But those original certificates are set to expire in June and ...

Microsoft is reminding users that the Secure Boot ecosystem will soon require a mandatory check-up. The Redmond-backed security protocol, part of the UEFI specification and primarily ...

Important security certificates for Windows 11 will soon expire for many users. In some cases, you will need to take action ...

It sounds scarier than it is.

The lovely thing about the x86 architecture is its decades of backwards compatibility, which makes it possible to run 1990s ...

Microsoft has announced it will deliver new Secure Boot certificates via Windows Update starting March 2026 before 2011 certificates expire in June.