Briefing Findings · Fresh Windows 11 installs may not have key security
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Security setting behavior Memory Integrity is disabled by default after a fresh Windows 11 install.
Windows 11 hobby/testing angle Users install nearly all Windows versions from NT 4 to 10 22H2 on the same ThinkPad T43.
What to Watch
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On any fresh Windows 11 install, immediately check the Memory Integrity setting and enable it if needed.
Tom's Hardware
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Follow ongoing reports to see whether future Windows 11 installs change default security-setting behavior.
What Changed
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This Ultimate Microsoft Office Pro 2021 + Windows 11 Pro Bundle is now 91% off
Neowin
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I stopped using cleanup apps after discovering this built-in Windows 11 tool
XDA-Developers
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Linux desktops finally learned restraint, and that's the upgrade Windows still hasn't made
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Microsoft veteran recalls the last time Nvidia and Arm was the future of Windows — shares a video of ‘the first time Windows ran on Nvidia Tegra Arm’ from 2010
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Broader Windows 11 coverage
· not part of the Fresh Windows 11 installs may not have key security story
- Microsoft veteran recalls the last time Nvidia and Arm was the future of Windows — shares a video of ‘the first time Windows ran on Nvidia Tegra Arm’ from 2010
- Orpheus II ISA soundcard returns due to ‘popular demand’ — aimed at DOS and early Windows users, this card includes hardware to support every major audio standard
- Bill Gates once starred in a bizarre Doom promo to push Windows 95 back in 1993 — tech mogul wore a trench coat, wielded a shotgun, and shot a demon, saying 'Who do you want to execute today?'
