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Expanding memory integrity protection across Windows devices

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Peter_Waxman
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Sep 01, 2026
Security works best when protection is built in, not bolted on. Beginning in October 2026, Microsoft will expand memory integrity protection across eligible devices, helping you and your organizati...
Updated Aug 31, 2026
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coakl
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Sep 02, 2026

When I turned this on, Task Manager showed an item named 'System' eating up 4,096 MB of memory.  That's on an i7-11700 with 32 GB memory, Win 11 Home 25H2.  Given what's going with A.I. jacking up memory prices, you shouldn't roll out memory-eaters like this one, as a default setting.  Especially in a bad economy with high inflation and increasing layoffs.  People have to live in tough times like today, and make do with older devices.