Thursday, 7 October 2021

Windows 11 and games

 Microsoft will be enabling VBS on most new PS's and that can slow games down by up to 25%.

So what is VBS?

Virtualization-Based Security (VBS), a setting introduced into Windows 10 which uses hardware and software virtualisation to enhance the security of your system. It basically creates an isolated subsystem that helps prevent malware from screwing your PC. Sounds good, but it has been shown to slow the frame rate of some games down by 28%.

Microsoft explains it as follows: "VBS uses hardware virtualization features to create and isolate a secure region of memory from the normal operating system. Windows can use this 'virtual secure mode' to host a number of security solutions, providing them with greatly increased protection from vulnerabilities in the operating system, and preventing the use of malicious exploits which attempt to defeat protections."

Wednesday, 6 October 2021

More dislikes on Windows 11

In my last post about Windows 11, I wrote about some of the features that I liked in Windows 10 and had been removed. Well here is another one. The pinned to start has changed and is now not as useful or as changeable as it was before.

And another, I need to use the command prompt and that is missing off the menu, yes you can find it with a search. 

What else is missing of the menu. ¯\_(’’)_/¯