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Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by Tijdreiziger on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @08:46AM (#31096058)
> (so you can turn it on, potentially breaking some Windows thing.)

Actually, you must turn it on if you want to use Hyper-V and/or WSL2.

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Re:That time Sony installed rootkit software on thousands of... by joenathanone on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:10AM (#31097192)
Windows 11 licensing requires oems to sell machines with it turned on. MS uses it for a security feature called core isolation.
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