MS October update may slow older computers severely

Good news: There's a way to reject that if you're severely affected

https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-is-forcing-a-windows-11-security-feature-that-could-slow-down?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=windows11&zdee=%5BContact.email_zdee%5D&lctg=%5BContact.Id%5D
from WinCustomize Forums

Saw this article regarding coming updates and thought folks with older machines, specifically W10 machines updated to W11 might profit from reading it. 

Not going to get into the nitty gritty of quoting from the article...just take note that if you're severely affected by this update, there's a way to fix it without uninstalling/rolling back the good task bar fixes this update also has.

Link: https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-is-forcing-a-windows-11-security-feature-that-could-slow-down?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=windows11&zdee=%5BContact.email_zdee%5D&lctg=%5BContact.Id%5D

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't and never have used Core Isolation. As far as I'm concerned, it's unnecessary if you are vigilant with your security.

One saving grace is that it doesn't like some older drivers, so many of those older PC's wont get it turned on. I believe this is why Microsoft has been focusing a lot of attention on hardware drivers lately. To get ready for this action of turning on Core Isolation.

I remember, years ago, that Microsoft wanted to lock down the Kernel, but too many developers (especially third party security app developers) lobbied against it. Locking down the kernel would have stopped most outside attacks on the OS. Core Isolation is an attempt to achieve something similar without upsetting those in the developer world.

I tried turning it on years ago, but my Epson printer driver prevented it.

I'm running a i7-7700K with 25H2 26200.9445

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Quoting pelaird, reply 4146619

I don't and never have used Core Isolation. As far as I'm concerned, it's unnecessary if you are vigilant with your security.

End of pelaird's quote

Exactly. Just another way to make people buy what they don't need as they tried with W10.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Running Windows 10 on an Intel Core i9 11900H with 16gb of RAM here, no problem for me. :-)

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Quoting LightStar, reply 4146622

Running Windows 10 on an Intel Core i9 11900H with 16gb of RAM here, no problem for me.

End of LightStar's quote

And 0Patch. :thumbsup: 

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Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Quoting DrJBHL, reply 4146623
Quoting LightStar, reply 4146622

Running Windows 10 on an Intel Core i9 11900H with 16gb of RAM here, no problem for me.

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And 0Patch.

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That too! :-)

Reply #6 from Stardock.net Forums Top

I can't tell you how good it is to be free from MS Updates.

It's a whole new world... ;)

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

the machine this would land on here is old on purpose, not because i never got round to replacing it. it lives under the tv, runs a browser and two games, and frames are the only thing i would ever notice about it.

so it is going off whether or not i count as severely affected. whether it is worth keeping on a machine you actually work on i could not tell you, mine is not one.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Being careful about what you install covers the things you chose to run. The drivers this is aimed at are ones that were signed and trusted before anyone knew there was a hole in them, and no amount of vigilance helps you there because you did nothing wrong to get it. That is the gap it is meant to sit in, whatever you think of the cost.

The rest of your post is the part I would keep hold of. If an old driver stops it turning on, then the machines most likely to be slowed by it are also the ones least likely to end up with it running. I work from home, so the machine I would care about is the one that gets used all day, and that one is modern enough that I would rather leave it on and not think about it. The older box in the corner will almost certainly refuse it on its own.

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Quoting peterlube, reply 4146811

Being careful about what you install covers the things you chose to run. The drivers this is aimed at are ones that were signed and trusted before anyone knew there was a hole in them, and no amount of vigilance helps you there because you did nothing wrong to get it. That is the gap it is meant to sit in, whatever you think of the cost.

End of peterlube's quote

My OP is simply to let folks with older machines know that if they slow down dramatically (the machines, that is) come October, what the reason might be and how to fix it. What anyone decides to keep is up to them.