Cannot enable Core Isolation in Windows 11 due to incompatible drivers

Anonymous
2022-08-30T20:52:47+00:00

Core isolation on Windows 11 not possible, in my case, because of these drivers

I tried to find them in Windows/Sys32/drivers (as suggested in other forums) and deleting them but with no success so how can I solve the problem allowing the activation of core isolation?

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Core isolation not allowed for driver incompatibility

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Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2022-09-01T13:17:52+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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-14T00:33:34+00:00

    i donot know why is this so , but it might be because of corrupted windows files as ver 22h2 has totally bugged , no fix provided yet. it is corrupting files, and it also has great problem for different sort of drivers which were doing good b4.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-13T22:36:50+00:00

    My laptop (Dell XPS i9 9510) came with McAfee pre-installed. It was a SOAB to take out. I have running subscriptions to AVG and have been satisfied.....so far. Although Windows Defender has had very good reviews , the recent disclosure of over 100 "tainted" Windows Certified drivers makes me think that I made the right decision. The only cavet, so far, is the necessity to turn "off" my VPN in order to access Intel's driver scanner / updater.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-13T22:24:14+00:00

    Using System Information>Software Environment>System Drivers, there is one "degraded" driver,

    mskssrv (Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy)

    Just took another screenshot

    Now (stopped according to screenshot, nothing I did) it is "OK". I am no tech type of person but is it normal for a driver to be OK, just because it has stopped running ? Is the actual status unavailable unless running ? If that's the case, the Status information posted can not be trusted or relied on.

    Again, nothing identified when running the scan but could this be part of the problem ?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-13T21:40:42+00:00

    Unfortunately, as stated, I have non indication as to the identity of the driver(s) in question.

    Sort of makes it a bit difficult to locate and remove. Had Microsoft tech on Remote Access till 2:00am this morning but no luck.

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