For the attention of PC owners with Asus motherboards !


suatcini54

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I came across an Asus Website ( Windows Secure Boot Certificate Expiration and Update Guidelines | Official Support | ASUS Global ) that mentions about utilities to install motherboard MS CA 2023 certificates in several ways.

You will know those ways when you read the Asus web page.

I already installed the current certificates more than a year ago but wanted to give a run to one of the utilities that suited my motherboard (Asus H97-Pro Gamer from late 2014).

My motherboard is out of servicing cycle, meaning no BIOS updates are available for secure boot certificate enrollments. So I used the manual method just out of curiosity.

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I downloaded SecureBootUtility.zip file and extracted SecureBootUtility.exe. I ran it in a CMD console opened with admin privileges.

I did not take any screenshots but the utility told me that my Asus PK certificate was wrong or something to that effect and asked me if I wanted to replace it. I said Yes (Y).

Then after rebooting, Windows started normally.

I had a Secure Boot status report by garlin's check script before I made the change and I made another report after the change.

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From the two reports I see that I had a Canonical Ltd. Master Certificate Authority cert under UEFI KEK certs section before but not after. I do not know what Canonical Ltd. Master Certificate Authority certificate was for but Asus utility got rid of it.

I thought some Asus PC owners, who do not know the presence of the above-mentioned Asus web page might be interested.

Happy computing.
 

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From the two reports I see that I had a Canonical Ltd. Master Certificate Authority cert under UEFI KEK certs section before but not after. I do not know what Canonical Ltd. Master Certificate Authority certificate was for but Asus utility got rid of it.
Many Dell's also have a factory-default KEK cert for Canonical. Canonical is the parent company of Ubuntu Linux.
 

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Many Dell's also have a factory-default KEK cert for Canonical. Canonical is the parent company of Ubuntu Linux.
Thanks for the update. It is appreciated.

I also ran another utility from Asus (secureboot2023_helper.exe) and it read "All target certificates have already been installed. No update is necessary."

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    Windows 11 Pro build 26200.8524Intel i7-4790Teams DDR3-1600 4x4 GBMSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro build 26200.8524
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel i7-4790
    Motherboard
    Asus H97 Pro Gamer with add-on TPM1.2 module
    Memory
    Teams DDR3-1600 4x4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1150
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell P2425D
    Screen Resolution
    2560 by 1440 pixels
    Hard Drives
    Corsair NVMe M.2 Core XT 1000 GB (Windows 11 v.25H2); Samsung SATA Evo 870 500 GB (Windows 11 v.25H2);
    PSU
    Corsair HX850
    Case
    Gigabyte Solo 210
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS7X Tower
    Keyboard
    Microsoft AIO Wireless (includes touchpad)
    Mouse
    HP S1000 Plus Wireless
    Internet Speed
    500 Mb fiber optic
    Browser
    Chrome; MS Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
  • At a glance

    MacOS 12 MontereyIntel Core i58 GBIntel integrated
    Operating System
    MacOS 12 Monterey
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Apple Macbook Air
    CPU
    Intel Core i5
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440 by 900 pixels
    Hard Drives
    128 GB
    Keyboard
    Built-in
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless
    Internet Speed
    802.11 ac
    Browser
    Chrome; Safari
    Antivirus
    N/A

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