You cannot play the beta of Call of Duty if you do not activate an important setting that already annoyed players in Battlefield 6

The beta of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 starts this week and requires a setting on PC, without which the game won’t start.

What is this setting? As Activision announced, PC players must enable a setting called “Secure Boot” to launch the beta of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

“Secure Boot” is a security feature that protects you from harmful software like malware (for example, rootkits) and ensures that only safe software is loaded when booting your PC. In Call of Duty, this setting is supposed to support cheat prevention.

Also, Battlefield 6 required enabling “Secure Boot” for the beta.

Here you can watch a trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7:

Players complained: A lot of stress for nothing

Why was there criticism regarding this in Battlefield? The activation of secure boot annoyed part of the community for two reasons that went hand in hand:

• The option has to be enabled in the BIOS. Likewise, it is advised that users without IT experience not enter the BIOS unless necessary, and only make small changes under guidance. For users without IT knowledge, enabling it could therefore be associated with headaches.

• Although Battlefield 6 required enabling secure boot, the first cheaters still roamed the game within a few days. Players then wondered why they had put themselves through the stress of secure boot if it didn’t help.

If you want to play the beta of Black Ops 7, you should make sure early on that secure boot is enabled – otherwise, you might want to play and suddenly face problems. If you have already enabled the option for Battlefield 6 and haven’t disabled it again, it should still be enabled for you.

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Enable Secure Boot – Here’s what you need to know

Here’s how to check if “Secure Boot” is enabled on your system: Press the Windows key + R to open the dialog box and enter the command “msinfo32”. A window named “System Information” will now open, where you’ll find the tab “System Summary”.

Here all components of your computer are listed, including the manufacturer of your motherboard. You will also see in the line “Secure Boot State” whether Secure Boot is enabled.

How do you enable secure boot? Here it gets tricky. To enable “Secure Boot,” you need to enter the BIOS. This is essentially the firmware of your motherboard and the first software that starts when you turn on your PC. Only after the BIOS has started will the operating system (Windows) load.

To access the BIOS, you must restart your computer and watch the screen. During the boot process, you should see which key to press to enter the BIOS. Depending on the manufacturer of your motherboard, this is often Delete, F2, F10, F12, or ESC.

In the BIOS, you often need to go to the Security section and enable “Secure Boot” there. You can find a detailed guide on your motherboard manufacturer’s support page. In the case of Battlefield 6, MeinMMO editor Alex Mehrwald has also written a guide for you. Since you have to enter the BIOS, you should be able to use the guide independently of the game also for Call of Duty: Battlefield 6: Secure Boot not enabled? Here’s a simple guide