{"id":6363,"date":"2026-09-02T09:27:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6363"},"modified":"2026-09-02T09:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:27:36","slug":"microsoft-windows-11-memory-integrity-rollout-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6363","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Microsoft is getting ready to roll out its memory integrity security feature of Windows 11 to more devices next month. The kernel-level protection feature is designed to stop malicious code or drivers running on a Windows 11 machine, but Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/10\/6\/23390623\/microsoft-windows-11-disable-security-features-improve-gaming-performance\">previously warned<\/a> it can also impact PC gaming performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cWindows quality updates will begin enabling memory integrity protection on eligible devices,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/windows-itpro-blog\/expanding-memory-integrity-protection-across-windows-devices\/4551984\">says Peter Waxman<\/a>, group program manager at Microsoft. \u201cIf not already enabled, these updates will also enable Virtualization-based Security (VBS), helping make additional security capabilities available and reflecting our commitment to making Windows secure by design and secure by default.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">While memory integrity only allows trusted kernel-mode code and drivers to run on a Windows 11 system, it also impacts PC game performance on certain hardware. There\u2019s less of an impact if you have a more modern CPU, but you might notice more of a framerate drop in select games on older processors. Microsoft won\u2019t automatically enable memory integrity again next month if you\u2019ve already previously disabled the feature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">If you want to check whether memory integrity is enabled on your Windows 11 PC, you can type \u2018Core Isolation\u2019 into Windows search and then open the result and toggle memory integrity on or off in the Windows security app. If you decide to disable this security feature in favor of more PC gaming performance, Microsoft\u2019s recommendation is to re-enable memory integrity after you\u2019ve finished playing a game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/988056\/microsoft-windows-11-memory-integrity-rollout-october-2026\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is getting ready to roll out its memory integrity security feature of Windows 11 to more devices next month. The kernel-level protection feature is designed to stop malicious code or drivers running on a Windows 11 machine, but Microsoft previously warned it can also impact PC gaming performance. \u201cWindows quality updates will begin enabling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[158,46,249,34,199],"class_list":["post-6363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-microsoft","tag-news","tag-security","tag-tech","tag-windows"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Memory integrity could get enabled on your device next month, unless you\u2019ve already disabled it.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6363\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance - 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