Don’t listen to these Microsoft tips

Windows 11 users have complained to Microsoft about poor gaming performance. The group is now giving tips on how to improve performance. However, it is better not to use them, because they are at the expense of security – which even Microsoft admits.

Windows 11: Microsoft gives dangerous gaming tips

Gaming performance on Windows 11 is certainly room for improvement, as gamers have already noticed. Both the subjectively perceived performance and the benchmarks clearly identified performance degradation cause concern for many gamers. It should actually be good news when Microsoft, as the manufacturer of Windows 11, puts together a series of performance tips.

However, players should not follow these tips, because the This reduces the security of the system. Microsoft knows this, too, and warns that if you follow it, “the device may be vulnerable to threats.” The group leaves it up to the users to make their own decisions. According to Microsoft, the tips should not be followed after playing (source: Microsoft).

The core of the tips is about two security functions that are automatically activated in Windows 11 and require system resources accordingly. Among other things, the functions ensure that all drivers loaded by the operating system are trusted and have a correct signature. That’s how it should be prevent attackers from malicious code inject into the system.

Windows 11 can also be installed on older computers, as our video shows:

Windows 11: tips make system vulnerable

Disabling security features is expressly not recommended. Even if Microsoft describes this as a way to increase the performance of the system, security should always come first for gamers too.