WIndows 11 Driver Security Question

Anonymous
2023-08-03T06:56:39+00:00

I’m usually a Mac user normally but have just bought a new Windows 11 Laptop for work and having a couple of teething issues.

I have an external CD drive that I’ve used with my Mac for ages, but it is compatible for both Windows and Mac. When I plug the drive into the Windows Laptop I get a pop up saying that the driver can’t be installed due to Microsoft Security, and on following the help it says that I need to turn off memory integrity in the core isolation section of security. If I do this the drive works.

The problem with this is that I don’t want the memory integrity off all the time and it’s a pain having to turn it off and on every time I use the CD drive, especially as it requires a restart. Is there a workaround anyone knows of? Can you set specific items to bypass the security settings?

The driver in question is GEARAspiWDM.sys, and a quick google tells me this is a driver that allows CD recording capabilities to iTunes.

I’ve looked at other CD drives and they’re all compatible with Mac and Windows so I’m guessing if I bought a new drive I’d run into the same issues?

Any help would be appreciated.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

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  1. DaveM121 933.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-08-04T13:11:06+00:00

    Glad to help!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-04T13:06:03+00:00

    I hope the fresh install works out for you.

    Thanks, and thanks for all your help, it's much appreciated.

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  3. DaveM121 933.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-08-04T10:35:04+00:00

    I hope the fresh install works out for you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-04T10:32:32+00:00

    Check their website to see if there is a more up to date version of that software.

    Thanks, I have and that's the latest one, I've contacted them to see if they can help. It's odd that it did install initially.

    I'm going to do a full fresh install though. The ASUS software that I thought would help with the screen calibration doesn't. By default it's far to garish and oversaturated. I can choose the wider gamut P3 profile which has much more muted/natural colour however it's far too warm. If I then try to change this via the windows calibration it swaps back to the default oversaturated profile.

    Unfortunately my old x-rite i1display Pro calibrator isn't supported anymore and so the drivers won't work on windows 11 so it looks like if a fresh install doesn't get rid of the garish ASUS colour profile I'm going to have to fork out for a new calibrator.

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  5. DaveM121 933.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-08-04T06:50:02+00:00

    Check their website to see if there is a more up to date version of that software.

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