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A Microsoft employee has confirmed that files copied over the internet using the SMB protocol can see up to 40 percent less throughput right now when running the Windows 11 2022 Update, or Windows 11 22H2.
Microsoft has confirmed a slowdown bug for Windows 11 PCs running the recent 2022 update. Here's how it's affecting some PCs, and what you can do about it if yours is among them.
Called the SMB authentication rate limiter, it is available in Windows 11 Insider and Windows Server Insider builds and makes it more time-consuming for cyber criminals to target the server with password-guessing attacks.
Microsoft is rolling out several secure defaults in Windows 11, including a default account lockout policy.
SMB refers to the Server Message Block (SMB) network file-sharing protocol. Windows and Windows Server come with the SMB server enabled.