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Microsoft starts expiring critical Secure Boot certificates next week — "the clock is ticking" on a billion PCs.

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If your copy of Windows 11 has entered a multiple-reboot loop after installing the latest security update, don’t panic. It’s meant to do that, Microsoft says.