G500 Secure Boot Status Disabled cant change

Hi everybody
I have Lenovo G500 with Windows 8.1 Profecional
I use UEFI boot mode, but there is a problem with secure boot.
In BIOS Page Security I have
  SECURE BOOT                   ENABLED       
  SECURE BOOT STATUS    DISABLED    I cannot change it although I try everythink
Windows 8.1 tell me in System informacion(msinfo32) I have secure boot off.
I dont have any watermark in my Desktop.
I only want to use SECURE BOOT.
I tryed everythink ,but nothink help me.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Open the bios menu. If your secure boot is enabled, then in the security tab you will get two more options to "Reset to setup mode" and "Restore Factory Keys". just hit enter on those two options.
then exit saving changes and enjoy.

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