With Windows 11 becoming more and more popular due to the deadline of Windows 10, we have seen a small increase in driver issue, more specifically, “A security setting is detecting this as a vulnerable driver and blocking it from loading. You’ll need to adjust your settings to load this driver.”
This prompt is due to a setting within Windows 11 Defender. Windows Security > Device Security > Core isolation details > Microsoft Vulnerable Driver Blocklist. More information here – Microsoft KB.
In this post, and this driver in question (iqvw64e.sys) – I’ll show you the steps on how I resolved it.
In recent news, Microsoft has blocked (removed) the popular way to create a local account over using a Microsoft Account on the Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) on Windows 11 24H2. However, if you still wish to create a local account, here is an alternative method.
With the impending date of Windows 10 becomes end of life (October 14, 2025), only devices that meet Microsoft’s hardware requirements can upgrade to Windows 11.
You can compare your device’s hardware to Microsoft’s requirements or you can download Microsoft’s free PC Health Check application – download from here; PC Health Check.