Tag Archives: Secure Boot

BIOS Bug on MSI Boards prevents Secure Boot

Posted on 2023-01-21 by guenni

[German]Small addendum from this week about a bug on a mainboard from MSI. A bug in the BIOS/UEFI of various board models prevents Secure Boot from being used – even if the BIOS setting is set to On. The Polish … Continue reading →

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Warning: Windows Server hangs after UEFI Secure Boot (November 2016) Update

Posted on 2016-11-26 by guenni

[German]Administrators of Lenovo Servers should take care. November 2016 Security Update for Boot Manager (3193479) is causing some Lenovo Servers to hang during boot at Lenovo splash screen. Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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Windows 7: "Secure Boot Violation" after April Patch day

Posted on 2016-04-15 by guenni

[German edition]It seems that Microsoft Windows 7 updates (patch day 04/12/2016) are causing serious issues with Windows 7 installs on some UEFI-Mainboards. Windows 7 boot fails with a "Secure Boot Violation" message. Advertising

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