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Microsoft has a locked down kernel for gaming already. It’s called Xbox.
by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
Microsoft has a locked down kernel for gaming already. It’s called Xbox.
- kllrnohj 7y agoMicrosoft also releases games on Windows, though, and also has the cheater problem in them. It is still odd that in all their gaming pushes on windows with things like the Windows 10 Game Mode ( https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028293/windows-using-game-mode-on-your-pc https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028293/windows-usi... ) that they haven't just made this a "thing" yet. Have a flag or some way for an application to signal that they want their memory actually restricted. You'd at least stop all user-mode cheats overnight, and can also attempt to impose restrictions on kernel-mode drivers. Or let a game know if there's unsigned drivers installed, and let the game segment off that user population. But I guess they won't do anything about this until someone's kernel-level driver anti-cheat becomes a PR disaster for Microsoft. The same way they didn't do anything about anti-virus protection out of the box until McAfee & Norton went off the deep end and contributed to the constant perception of Window's horrible slowness.