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BadPing does not run as a normal program. It installs itself at firmware and hypervisor level, below Windows and below the kernel drivers anti-cheats rely on. The price of that is a one-time setup: your machine has to be told to allow it.

That setup is three things: turn on the virtualization features in your BIOS, empty your Secure Boot key databases so our bootloader can enroll its own, and make sure Memory Integrity is running in Windows. Do it once and you never touch it again.

Each step assumes the one before it is done. Skipping ahead is the single most common reason a first launch fails.

1. 1.
   Check your hardware

   An Intel 12th generation processor or newer is required, and there is no way around it. System requirements

2. 2.
   Set up your BIOS

   Enable VT-x, VT-d and VT-rp, and disable CSM. Enable virtualization in your BIOS

3. 3.
   Clear your Secure Boot keys

   Secure Boot stays enabled. Its key databases get emptied so our bootloader can install its own. Clear your Secure Boot keys

4. 4.
   Turn on Memory Integrity

   Core isolation must be running before the loader will start. Turn on Memory Integrity

5. 5.
   Download, redeem, launch

   Install the loader, redeem the key from your email, and let it set up the bootloader. Download and install the loader

Around thirty minutes end to end if your BIOS behaves, and two reboots. The BIOS work is the slow part; once the bootloader is installed, launching afterwards takes seconds.

Your license time does not start until you redeem the key, so there is no rush and nothing is being burned while you set up. Get the machine ready first, redeem last.

A few other things worth knowing up front:

• You need physical access to the machine and the ability to reboot into your BIOS.
• Some prebuilt desktops and locked-down work laptops do not let you clear Secure Boot keys at all. Check that first if you are on one.
• If you dual-boot, or you use a VPN kill switch, a virtual machine or another hypervisor, mention it on Discord before you begin.
• Write down what your BIOS settings were, in case you want to put them back later.