What Microsoft wanted to focus on security with Windows 11 It’s something we’ve known since the new version of Windows was announced in June last year. And it is so that when the technical requirements, which have since provoked so many discussions, have been published, the inclusion of two points in that list has clearly shown us where the footage is going. I mean the following, of course:

• System firmware: UEFI, supported by Secure Boot.
• TPM: Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0.

As you probably remember, We spent several months not knowing if finally having these features would be essential make the leap to Windows 11 because Microsoft first stated that it would not allow exceptions in this regard, but later eased its position a bit until it reached the point where it made it possible to jump to the new operating system, even if it means giving up system updates, including updates. security.

And now that the waters seem to have finally stabilized in this regard, we could be approaching another controversy which, while undoubtedly less important, may also suggest that focusing on Windows 11 security may occasionally leave out the usability of systems by their owners.

This is due to Microsoft’s announcement of Smart App Control, a new application-level feature that ensures the security of installed applications in Windows 11in a model very similar to what we can already see in SmartScreen, a technology developed by Redmond for Microsoft Edge, which provides a good level of security for both the websites we visit from a browser and the files we download through the same.

This in itself is good, very good news, because the SmarScreen model was quite efficient and its transfer to all Windows 11 using Smart App Control will only improve security with this operating system. However, we encounter an issue that can cause many users to choose not to use this security solution. And it’s because you will need to format your PC and perform a clean installation of Windows 11 to use Smart App Control.

It will be seen when Smart App Control starts coming to Windows 11, although it makes sense to expect this to happen with the 22H2 update. We will now have to wait to see if the engineering teams in Redmond can solve this problem at this time. And that’s right, otherwise I’m very afraid of it there will be few users who give up such valuable protectionby not wanting or not being able to reinstall the operating system from the beginning.

If you are a Windows 11 user, What will you do when the time comes if you need to reinstall from scratch to have Smart App Control?