Microsoft adds Secure Boot to Windows 7 before discontinuing it
January 10, 2023 is marked as the day that Microsoft said goodbye to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. This means that since that day the company has completely stopped these operating systems, and not even paying the company provides updates for them.
This means that no more security updates will be released, through the usual Patch Tuesday, and users will have to upgrade to a more recent version of the operating system, namely Windows 10 or Windows 11.
But even before discontinuing Windows 7, Microsoft took the trouble to enable native UEFI and Secure Boot in the operating system. UEFI Secure Boot was something the Redmond-based company introduced with Windows 8. Microsoft made this big change in Windows 7 with September’s Patch Tuesday (KB5017361), though it wasn’t announced as the release notes didn’t mention anything. of that type.
Secure boot basically ensures that a device is only bootable with software signed by the manufacturer or OEM and it’s a bit bizarre to see the feature come to Windows 7 after all these years, especially when the operating system has “died”. While this is indeed a good step by Microsoft, it’s surprising to see how late in the cycle the company has pushed this feature.
However, the implementation is not perfect as many users who tried to enable UEFI and Secure Boot got stuck at Windows boot logo as display drivers VGA.sys and VGApnp.sys were not updated. This means that UEFI Class 3 systems, which do not support Compatibility Support Module (CSM) or Legacy mode, will require something like the UefiSeven solution for display.
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