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Victus by HP 15.6 inch Gaming Laptop 15-fb0000 (598U8AV)

Hi, I have been trying to enable Firmware Protection for my HP Victus 15 2022 through every possible means by going through the Group Policy Editor and even Registry Editor but still remains inactive and turned off in Security Settings & System Information. Yes, I have enabled both Virtual Based Security (VBS) including Secure Boot and DMA Protection& Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection and Memory Integrity with UEFI MAT settings. In the UEFI I have enabled Virtualization Features, TPM 2.0, and Secure Boot and this should theoretically work since the Ryzen 5600H is based on Zen 3  which has hardware support and acceleration for the necessary requirements it needs, for a frame of reference check: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/hardware-security/how-hardware-based-root-of-trus.... I know this is quite an overkill and nitpick but I say there is no such thing as too much security plus it is an important thing for the user to have the power to enable this feature and I am quite sure it is likely to do with an outdated UEFI not being able to utilize this feature just to make sure here is a rundown of my System Information.

 

SYSTEM INFORMATION:

OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise
Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631
System Manufacturer HP
System Model Victus by HP Gaming Laptop 15-fb0xxx
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU 79J59PA#UUF
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date AMI F.21, 23/05/2024
SMBIOS Version 3.3
Embedded Controller Version 35.46
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer HP
BaseBoard Product 8A3D
BaseBoard Version 35.46

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 48.0 GB

Kernel DMA Protection On
Virtualization-based security Running
Virtualization-based security Required Security Properties Base Virtualization Support, Secure Boot, DMA Protection
Virtualization-based security Available Security Properties Base Virtualization Support, Secure Boot, DMA Protection, UEFI Code Readonly, SMM Security Mitigations 1.0, Mode Based Execution Control
Virtualization-based security Services Configured Credential Guard, Hypervisor enforced Code Integrity, Secure Launch
Virtualization-based security Services Running Credential Guard, Hypervisor enforced Code Integrity, Hardware-enforced Stack Protection (Kernel-mode)
Windows Defender Application Control policy Enforced
Windows Defender Application Control user mode policy Off
Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View

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