Fix Windows 11 End of Service Error When Secure Boot is Disabled

**Windows Event Viewer log** dated **12/19/2024**, showing multiple **Event ID 44** Information entries from **WindowsUpdateClient** between 3:02:55 PM and 3:03:01 PM. One highlighted **Error entry** is visible at **3:02:55 PM**, also from **WindowsUpdateClient**, with **Event ID 20**, Task Category **"Windows Upd..."** The status bar at the bottom identifies the selected entry as **"Event 20, WindowsUpdateClient."**

**Windows Update settings page** displaying the message: *"Your version of Windows has reached the end of service."* The "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available" toggle is set to **Off**, and the "Pause updates" option is set to **Pause for 1 week**. No error codes are present; additional options visible include **Update history** and **Advanced options**.

**Windows Event Viewer log showing Event 1796, TPM-WMI error**, timestamped 12/19/2024 at 4:21:56 PM. The error message reads: *"The Secure Boot update failed to update a Secure Boot variable with error Secure Boot is not enabled on this machine..."* Additional entries visible include two Kernel-Processor-Power warnings at 4:21:02 PM and a DistributedCOM warning at 4:22:00 PM.

The image displays a portion of the **Windows 11 system requirements** page from **microsoft.com**, showing the following specifications: - **System firmware:** UEFI, Secure Boot capable - **TPM:** Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version **2.0** - **Graphics card:** DirectX 12 or later with **WDDM 2.0** driver - **Display:** HD (720p), greater than 9" diagonal, **8 bits per color channel** A partially visible section at the bottom references **Copilot+ PCs** requiring an NPU capable of **40+ TOPS** (trillion operations per second).

**PowerShell TPM Status Output — `get-tpm` Command** The screenshot shows the result of running `get-tpm` in PowerShell (path: `C:\WINDOWS\system32`). Key readouts include: **TpmPresent, TpmReady, TpmEnabled, TpmActivated** all set to **True**; **TpmOwned** is **False**; **ManufacturerId: 1314145024**, **ManufacturerIdTxt: NTC**, **ManufacturerVersion: 7.2.3.1**, **ManufacturerVersionFull20: 7.2.3.1**. Additional values show **ManagedAuthLevel: Full**, **AutoProvisioning: Enabled**, **LockedOut: False**, **LockoutHealTime: 2 hours**, **LockoutCount: 0**, **LockoutMax: 10**, **SelfTest: {}**, and **OwnerClearDisabled: False**; **OwnerAuth** field appears blank.

**Windows Security Processor Details screen** showing TPM (Trusted Platform Module) specifications. Manufacturer is **Nuvoton Technology (NTC)**, Manufacturer version **7.2.3.1**, Specification version **2.0** (underlined in red). Supporting TCG Specs show PPI specification version **1.3**, TPM specification sub-version **1.59 (Tuesday, November 10, 2020)**, and PC client spec version **1.05**; red annotations highlight the TPM label and the Specification version 2.0 field.