Neowin News Feed for: Expiration

Microsoft updating Windows 8-era Secure Boot keys so your modern PC keeps booting flawlessly

Sayan Sen — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:44:01 +0000

Microsoft is about to update its UEFI Secure Boot Keys required for certificate management. These keys are from the Windows 8 era and are set to expire soon, just a couple of years from now. Read more...

Let's Encrypt certificate switch to cause problems in 2021

Paul Hill — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 15:16:02 +0000

Let's Encrypt has announced that from September 1, 2021, its existing root certificate will expire. This will cause significant issues for people using Android version below 7.1.1. Read more...

PSA: Certain older builds of Windows 10 will expire this week

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 07:52:01 +0000

Windows 10 Insider Preview builds have a deadline attached to them and October 15 is the last day for any builds released between January 23 and July 9. Read more...

Expiration dates for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 blocks announced

Sean Bradford — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:02:15 +0000

If you're an IT professional and currently using Microsoft's Service Pack Blocker, the software giant recently announced that the current blocks for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 are going to expire in a few months.... Read more...

Vista Beta Testers Face Looming OS Expiration

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:15:19 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has begun reminding millions of testers of Windows Vista's beta and release candidate (RC) previews that their trial runs end on June 1. Cori Hartje, director of Microsoft's antipiracy efforts, became the first... Read more...