MSI secure boot and stuff

[80Thatguy08]

So all I'm trying to do is open Valorant, but when I do I get a popoup saying I need Vanguard TPM 2.0 and the game crashes. Apparently I need to enable something called secure boot. Sure. So I open BIOS, find secure boot and click enable. I am then told I need to use platform key (PK) to enable it. I find the setting for that but it wont let me set a platform key. My mobo is Z690 Pro A DDR4. OS is Win 11

[leclod]

That's how I got Secure Boot :

1 - Make sure you unplug all SATA and USB drives, the M.2 drive has to be the only drive installed.
2 - Go into the bios, under the boot tab there is an option for CSM, make sure it is disabled.
3 - Click on secure boot option below and make sure it is set to other OS, Not windows UEFI.
4 - Click on key management and clear secure boot keys.
5 - Insert a USB memory stick with a UEFI bootable ISO of Windows 10 on it.
6 - Press F10 to save, exit and reboot.
7 - Windows will now start installing to your NVME drive as it has its own NVME driver built in.
8 - When the PC reboots hit F2 to go back into the BIOS, you will see under boot priority that Windows boot manager now lists your NVME drive.
9 - Click on secure boot again but now set it to Windows UEFI mode.
10 - Click on key management and install default secure boot keys
11 - Press F10 to save and exit and windows will finish the install.

[JoeyButterhands]

I was also struggling with this. No way I'm going through all this effort just to play a game. 

Moving on to something that's less of a hassle

[80Thatguy08]

15 hours ago, leclod said:

That's how I got Secure Boot :

1 - Make sure you unplug all SATA and USB drives, the M.2 drive has to be the only drive installed.
2 - Go into the bios, under the boot tab there is an option for CSM, make sure it is disabled.
3 - Click on secure boot option below and make sure it is set to other OS, Not windows UEFI.
4 - Click on key management and clear secure boot keys.
5 - Insert a USB memory stick with a UEFI bootable ISO of Windows 10 on it.
6 - Press F10 to save, exit and reboot.
7 - Windows will now start installing to your NVME drive as it has its own NVME driver built in.
8 - When the PC reboots hit F2 to go back into the BIOS, you will see under boot priority that Windows boot manager now lists your NVME drive.
9 - Click on secure boot again but now set it to Windows UEFI mode.
10 - Click on key management and install default secure boot keys
11 - Press F10 to save and exit and windows will finish the install.

Thanks so much! Is there any way to do that without reinstalling windows?

[leclod]

I don't know, but probably,

There must be many posts on that subject