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Microsoft has finally updated the decade-old volume flyout in a Dev Channel build in Windows 11, but one has to wonder: why did it take so long for Microsoft to make a minor cosmetic change?
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In our recap for the last week of 2021, we walk you through all the important stuff that happened in the world of Microsoft in the past few days, with a dash of nostalgia for good measure.
An interesting piece from Microsoft's Raymond Chen has revealed that the swipe gesture for dismissing toast notifications in Windows 8 could have been way different if an executive had their way.
The two latest Firefox versions 95.0.2 and 95.0.1 fix a couple of crash bugs on Windows. The former resolves an issue with older AMD CPUs while the latter fixes a Windows shutdown crash bug.
Microsoft has announced that it is ending support for the OneDrive desktop sync client on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 next year. Affected users have been asked to upgrade to Windows 10 or Windows 11.
Microsoft has released another patch for the critical PrintNightmare vulnerability. It makes major changes to the Point and Print functionality on Windows, and immediate installation is recommended.
This past week has seen PrintNightmare patches come out (and be contested), the arrival of new Insider builds, additional Game Pass games, and more. Be sure to catch up via our handy overview.
Despite claims to the contrary, Microsoft says that its PrintNightmare patch works as intended. It states that security researchers who are calling it ineffective are using insecure configurations.
Microsoft has offered some further mitigations against the highly dangerous PrintNightmare exploit. The company has also given it a CVSS rating of 8.8/10, which almost awards it "critical" severity.
An exploit called "PrintNightmare" is being investigated by Microsoft. It potentially affects all versions of Windows. U.S. CISA has marked it as "critical" as it can lead to remote code execution.
Nvidia today announced that it will stop providing Gamer Ready Driver updates for OS generations older than Windows 10, starting this October. The only exception is for critical security updates.
This Windows 8 reference provides shortcuts, tips, and tricks for the popular operating system. Use it to brush up on the basics and to find alternate methods to your favorite commands.
Mozilla has released Firefox 84. It brings WebRender to more systems including some Linux computers, it's the last version to support Adobe Flash and it now supports Apple Silicon CPUs natively.
Google's Project Zero team has disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Windows that enables elevated code execution that is currently being exploited. Microsoft is expected to patch the bug next month.
As we reach the second Tuesday of October, it's yet again time for a round of Windows updates, and that includes older versions of Windows, like Windows 8.1 and even 7, if you're paying for it.
A new report has emerged claiming that Microsoft fixed a significant security vulnerability in various versions of Windows, even though a Google-owned service disclosed it to Microsoft in 2018.
Today at its Build 2020 developer conference, Microsoft announced a bunch of new features that are coming to its Edge browser, and it also confirmed that the browser is rolling out soon.
Over a year after it announced the product, Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge browser is now generally available for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server, and macOS.
Microsoft today released its weekly Edge build in the Dev channel, bringing the version number to 80.0.328.4. It contains a whole bunch of fixes, although there are some known issues to be aware of.
Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge browser will be generally available beginning on January 15, but it's going to ship without some key features, such as ARM64 support and history sync.