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Memory Integrity cannot be turned ON

Anonymous
2022-05-28T11:11:41+00:00

In Windows security I got a massage that memory integrity in windows security is off. But I can't turn it on. Every time I try to turn it on but i get a massage that it can't turn on. Please help me to resolve my problem.

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  1. Sumit 43,781 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-10-18T15:29:23+00:00

    Hi,

    Here is what typically works for most of the users who know the driver name as it is mentioned in Windows Security. Apparently, Microsoft changed/updated the incompatible driver list recently, which has ended up this issue for most of the users.

    Method 1:

    You can get the list of drivers by running this command in the elevated command prompt:

    dism /online /get-drivers /format:table

    After that, Make note of the Published Name (ex: "oem13.inf") of the driver that is shown as problematic.

    Then use the pnputil command to delete the driver from the device:

    pnputil /delete-driver <Published Name> /uninstall /force​

    Please note that running this command would remove the device driver and the next time you use the device, it would not work. Reinstalling the driver might help.

    Method 2:

    Another alternative is using Autoruns to delete the driver. Download it from here:

    https://live.sysinternals.com/autoruns.exe

    Run it as administrator.

    Go to the Driver tab, locate the driver and delete the same.

    [FIX] Memory integrity due to Incompatible drivers cannot be enabled - Your Windows Guide

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-26T14:56:29+00:00

    How are we supposed to know what driver it is? It doesnt tell us.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-24T21:27:39+00:00

    For me, Windows 11 doesn't display any drivers that are incompatible, but it refuses to turn on Memory integrity. If I click Scan again, it does a split second scan, turns on Memory integrity, then immediately turns it off. Previous to this, I had uninstalled and reinstalled Western Digital drivers. Those were the only two drivers it showed as incompatible.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-15T18:17:31+00:00

    I am a Windows user and customer, not a software engineer. I do not expect a company with a reputation for good security would allow such an error to occur. It seems that my computer is vulnerable but there is nothing that I can do about it, it is a known security risk but Microsoft really don]t care about it.

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  4. JosephT71 9,210 Reputation points
    2022-05-28T17:54:24+00:00

    I don't know about Windows 11, but in Windows 10 the problem of memory integrity not running is due to some old driver in your computer's internal driver store.

    If that is similar in Windows 11 for your computer, then here is the procedure to delete problematic driver from your computer, thus allowing memory integrity to stay on.

    https://www.urtech.ca/2021/11/solved-core-isolation-memory-integrity-incompatible-drivers-wdcsam64_prewin8-sys/

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/memory-integrity-turned-itself-off-due-to/1bf84a44-b0c0-478d-b9ab-c6e65de0268e

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