Help Me Obi Wan, you're my only hope

[Matt Varnish]

So.. my computer which was working fine Thursday night whilst playing Archeage and World of Tanks, when I logged out I think it was installing updates, do not shut off, so I didn't. Friday, afternoon I get home, I get a red screen after the ASUS logo, Secure Boot BIOS violation or some such. It says there may have been changes to firmware, UEFI or OS. If I click OK it gets me to my BIOS utility, where I have been told I should disable the secure boot option, but it is grayed out, IE always secure boot.

Before I take the computer in, any of you tech wizards <I am picturing the 40k techpriests who swing incense before starting up a ship's engines> have any other suggestions I can try on my own?

[CA$H]

Can you get a one time boot menu by tapping F8 or F12 when you see the initial BIOS logo?

[Matt Varnish]

Ill try it tonite. I know doing DEL or F2 as it loads gets me to the BIOS util. which I cant change..

[Diragi]

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or google "how to disable secure boot" and your motherboard brand.

[Matt Varnish]

yup.. and in that, the part for Secure Booting that says "and if possible, select Disabled" is the part that stymies me. Under 'Secure Boot" it shows 'enabled' in gray, so I cant change it, where other options I can change them. Aggravating

[Obsidian23]

So as I work in a Computer based office I asked my techs. This was their only response. I told them to have sex and take a vacation.

anyway for what its worth.

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Cheers.

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