Windows 10: Says secure boot enabled but I look down to secure boot status and it says disabled, why is...

I am trying to enable my secure boot but everything I go to the advanced startup and I check into uefi settings I see that it says Secure boot EnabledSecure boot status DisabledWhy is this?

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Secure boot status is disabled even though secure boot support in enabled

I have went into the BIOS and reset settings, it turned the secure boot support to enabled, but in the information screen secure boot status is still shown as disabled after i saved and exited. The secure boot state in systems is also shown as 'off' even though when i went to BIOS to check again, secure boot support is still enabled.

 

Secure boot won't enable

When I go into BIOS settings it says in the information tab that secure boot is disabled, but when I go to the security tab, is says that secure boot is enabled. There is a game I want to play that requires secure boot to be enabled. But every time I go to BIOS to enable it, it's either disabled again, or enabled. Either way, it doesn't say that secure boot is enabled and I can't open the game. Please help

 

Secure boot enabled in BIOS but shown disabled in secure boot status.

Hello, Udayan Khosla

Welcome to the Microsoft community.

Thank you for your feedback. You also need to disable CSM if it's BIOS-enabled again, and make sure that boot is configured for UEFI and not Legacy.

Once converted, configure the following motherboard options as follows:



Boot Mode: UEFI

Secure Boot: Enabled

Fast Boot: Enabled

Boot CSM: Disabled

TPM: Firmware TPM (fTPM, Intel PTT)



Also make sure the boot disk is formatted as MBR, otherwise you will need to convert it to GPT and then disable CSM for it to work.



In the case of changing from MBR to GPT, this is mandatory for UEFI (and therefore secure boot).



Note: When changing these settings, an error may occur and you will have to reinstall Windows, so please back up your data.

These are one of the features that must be reinstalled when you change it. When you disable the CSM on the motherboard, Windows will not boot and must be formatted.

If you choose to format, be sure to disable CSM before installing the new copy of Windows.

Windows 11 and Secure Boot - Microsoft Support

Enable TPM 2.0 on your PC - Microsoft Support

I look forward to your feedback, which will help me pinpoint your problem.

Best Regards,

Aaron| Microsoft Community Support Specialist