Windivert Driver Cannot Be Installed You Must Restart Your Computer //top\\ ●

sc stop WinDivert (or sc stop WinDivert1.4 depending on your version). sc delete WinDivert .

This is a virtualized security feature that uses hardware to isolate critical system processes. It also to protect the core of your OS. If Memory Integrity is turned on, and the WinDivert driver is not compatible with it, Windows will block it. This is a common issue on Windows 11 and recent Windows 10 builds.

Press the , type cmd , right-click Command Prompt , and select Run as administrator . sc stop WinDivert (or sc stop WinDivert1

If the command prompt returns an error saying the service doesn't exist but the installer still complains, there may be a ghost entry in your Windows Registry. Press Win + R , type , and hit Enter.

Go to . Select Device Security and click Core isolation details . Toggle Memory integrity to Off . Restart your PC. 4. Verify File Placement It also to protect the core of your OS

Press or F7 to select "Disable driver signature enforcement." 6. Clean the Registry If all else fails, old registry keys might be conflicting. Press Win + R , type regedit , and hit Enter.

Navigate to the folder where your primary application (e.g., GoodbyeDPI) is running. Locate the windivert32.sys or windivert64.sys files. Press the , type cmd , right-click Command

: Check if software like Sophos or other antivirus tools have quarantined the .sys file.

WinDivert needs to interact with the network stack, which requires elevated privileges.

The driver file ( WinDivert64.sys ) is locked by another process or was not properly released.