Windows 10: having issue with the secure boot

Discus and support having issue with the secure boot in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; so im using the Lenovo Thinkpad t495s AMD Ryzen 5 pro 3500u and it's not letting me enable secure boot. I tried to enable it but it didn't let me... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by sun flower1, Dec 11, 2024.

  1. SUN FLOWER1
    sun flower1 Win User

    having issue with the secure boot


    so im using the Lenovo Thinkpad t495s AMD Ryzen 5 pro 3500u and it's not letting me enable secure boot. I tried to enable it but it didn't let me re-boot the system. but when I disabled it again, the system boots up. the platform mode/secure boot mode is grayed out for me. I even turned off DMA protection to see if it'll let me enable secure boot but it still didn't. my bios is set to legacy instead of uefi and i didn't even find the uefi firmware option. i don't know what to do. it also says that the secure boot is unsupported for my laptop. I need a clean solution for this. I want to enable

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    sun flower1, Dec 11, 2024
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  2. DAMN_SMOOTH
    Damn_Smooth Win User

    Windows 8 Secure Boot Feature: Not So Secure?

    So Linux is switching to secure boot also? Or they have to because of UEFI?
     
    Damn_Smooth, Dec 11, 2024
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  3. NEWTEKIE1
    newtekie1 Win User
    Windows 8 Secure Boot Feature: Not So Secure?

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    Here is a statement from a Kernal Developer at Red Hat:

    I'm not sure this exploits the legacy BIOS but rather it exploits the legacy boot method on MBR drives, injecting a signed key before the OS boots, which you are correct in that it has nothing to do with Windows 8. And the simplest fix would just be to require boot drives use GPT when Secure Boot is enabled in UEFI.
     
    newtekie1, Dec 11, 2024
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  4. GD4E1
    GD4E1 Win User

    having issue with the secure boot

    Secure boot issues


    Hi, I am using an acer travelmate laptop and I'm attempting to boot from an official (I think) windows 10 DVD, I downloaded it using the media creation tool (as a dual x64-x86 iso) and created a bootable iso from the x64 portion (with imgburn) the disk definitely works as I tested it in a VM.
    However, when I attempt to get it to boot from this disk to reimage my laptop (system image was 'taken on a EFI' based firmware, even though I switched it to BIOS long before reimaging), no matter what I do it doesn't detect the dvd in the boot menu or show the 'hit any key to boot from a CD/DVD' screen, I have so far:
    Disabled UEFI all together; this resulted in the 'imaged on EFI, this computer is using BIOS' error
    Attempted to change the boot order; this couldn't be done, besides the (BIOS?) boot order was correct with CD/DVD at the top
    Gone through all the steps to disable secure boot (set firmware passwords and then disable secure boot); the DVD STILL doesn't show up.
    I still cannot change 'secure boot mode' as it's still grayed out on this annoying firmware

    Any suggestions as to how to get this ridiculous EFI firmware to recognise my bootable DVD?
     
    GD4E1, Dec 11, 2024
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