secure boot certificates not on my computer yet

Rick P 25 Reputation points
2026-07-01T23:51:31.3266667+00:00

My Hp computer has this in Device security "secure boot is on, but your device is affected by a known issue. To reduce risk, secure Boot certificate updates are temporality paused while Microsoft and partners work toward a supported resolution. The update will resume automatically once resolved.

It has been several days now and wondering if i just need to scrape this computer because of this, I have tried a few ways to manually update but it still says false. The check mark is green on the device security, not sure if it is false also.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy
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nobuko c 125.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2026-07-02T00:51:32.6233333+00:00

Hello,

You do not need to scrap your computer — what you are seeing is a known and documented Microsoft issue.

The message:

“Secure Boot is on, but your device is affected by a known issue… Secure Boot certificate updates are temporarily paused…”

means that Microsoft and OEM partners (including HP) are currently blocking Secure Boot certificate updates on purpose.

This is a global pause, not a failure on your device.

A few important points:

Your Secure Boot is still working.

The green check mark is not false — it means Secure Boot is active.

The “paused” message only refers to certificate rotation updates, not the Secure Boot protection itself.

Manually updating will always show “false” because Microsoft has disabled certificate delivery until the fix is ready.

You only need to wait.

Once Microsoft completes the supported resolution, the certificate update will resume automatically and the warning will disappear.

Your computer is safe to use, and nothing is wrong with your hardware.

Please refer to the Detailed status messages section in the Microsoft support article.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/secure-boot-certificate-update-status-in-the-windows-security-app-5ce39986-7dd2-4852-8c21-ef30dd04f046

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