Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is stepping up its anti-cheat measures, and because of this, you might need to make some changes to your PC before you can play. TCM 2.0 and Secure Boot must be enabled if you want to play Black Ops 7, but how exactly do you turn those on?
These aren’t just settings that you can adjust in-game or with a quick Windows tweak. You’ll have to boot into your PC’s BIOS in order to enable TCM 2.0 and Secure Boot. This is a scary prospect for some PC players, but it’s really not that bad. Here’s how to enable Secure Boot and TCM 2.0 so you can start playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
How to Enable TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot in Black Ops 7
To enable TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot for Black Ops 7, you have to restart your PC and boot into your system’s BIOS. Activision has prepared a tutorial video to make things easy to follow for most players.
First, you need to check if TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are already enabled on your system. Press the Windows key and R to open a Run window, then type “tpm.msc” into the search field. If you see “The TPM is ready for use” in the status section of the pop-up window, you’re good to go on that front.
To check for Secure Boot, press Win+R again and enter “msinfo32” into the search bar. Ideally, BIOS Mode will be set to UEFI, and Secure Boot State will be set to On.
If your TPM or Secure Boot settings are wrong, you’ll need to reboot into your system’s BIOS. On Windows 11, open the Start menu and navigate to Settings>System>Recovery. Then, click “Restart Now” next to Advanced Startup. This will take you into a blue screen menu on reboot. From there, choose Troubleshoot, Advanced Options, and UEFI Firmware Settings. Click the restart button on that page to enter the BIOS after rebooting.
In the BIOS, enable AMD CPU fTPM if you’re on an AMD system or enable Intel PTT if you’re rocking an Intel processor. Once you’ve made those changes, restart and run “tpm.msc” again to see if the TPM is ready for use. If it is, then you can move on to Secure Boot.
To enable Secure Boot, repeat the steps above to access your BIOS. Then, find the boot or security tab of your BIOS menu, change your boot mode to UEFI, and set Secure Boot to enabled. After that, restart your system and check to see if everything worked by running “msinfo32” again.
Now that TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are enabled, you should be able to start playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. You thankfully only need to do this once per system. It’s also becoming a requirement for other big online games like Battlefield 6, so it’s a good idea to take care of these settings sooner rather than later.