Microsoft has made a big deal about the increased security in Windows 11. According to Microsoft, the surprisingly high system requirements that prevented many users with even fairly new computers from installing the Windows 11 are mainly due to security features. So what’s the deal and how can you make sure you benefit from it?
We provide the answers and show you how to better protect your privacy—both from Microsoft and others. The more our lives are lived digitally, the more important it is.
WINDOWS 11 SECURITY FEATURES YOU DIDN’T KNOW EXISTED
Many of Windows 11’s system requirements relate to security features that have been around for years in Windows 10, but few outside of corporate IT departments paid attention to. Some of these won’t turn on automatically if you update from Windows 10 but will be enabled on all new computers sold directly with Windows 11. Some are very sensible and don’t affect your computer’s performance at all, while others can have a negative impact. We’ll show you below how to turn them off if you value performance more.
SECURE BOOT AND TPM
To install Windows 11 on your PC at all, you’ll need a modern processor (Intel 8th-generation or AMD Ryzen 3000 or newer) and two security features: Secure Boot and a trusted platform module (TPM).
Secure Boot has been around for many years, but most PC
