Testing CPU monitoring with the new driver PawnIO — fpsVR Steam update #466955

Testing in this format has been completed. Thank you to everyone who participated. Please return to the beta or public branch.I'm asking YOU for help...

Steam App
fpsVR (908520)
Event type
patch note
Published
7 May 2026 - 07:24:08 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
Testing in this format has been completed. Thank you to everyone who participated. Please return to the beta or public branch.I'm asking YOU for help testing the new PawnIO driver, which will replace WinRing0. The new driver (PawnIO) is signed not only by the driver's author but also by Microsoft, which fundamentally changes the situation and will likely almost completely resolve the issue of antivirus software triggering on unsafe driver (WinRing0).Why not just push the update to the beta branch? I decided to play it safe and do it in a more controlled manner.Instructions:1) Switch to the pawnio_cpu_monitoring branch (via the application properties in the Steam library), wait for the download to complete.2) Launch SteamVR and fpsVR. Steam will likely request elevated privileges (administrator privileges) to update the CPU monitoring service files.3) Quit fpsVR.4) In the comments to this...

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