Microsoft has released a Windows update that removes Adobe’s Flash Player before it reaches end of support on December 31, 2020. ZDNet reports: Update KB4577586 is part of Microsoft’s effort to follow through with plans it announced along with Adobe, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Mozilla in 2017 to end support for Flash by December 2020. The Flash-removing update is available for…
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Microsoft: No Driver Updates Allowed for Windows 7 and Windows 8
An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft has announced that it is ending the ability to cross-sign drivers, effective 1 July 2021. This will effectively make it impossible to release new or updated drivers for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 systems, including Server 2012 R2. This is not an exaggeration. The only option that will remain available to devs…
Chrome and Edge Rise In Popularity. Firefox, Opera, and Safari Drop.
July’s statistics from web analytics firm Net Applications showed continuing changes in the most frequently-used web browsers. Softpedia reports:
Last month, Google Chrome increased its market share from 70.19% to 71.00%, while Microsoft Edge jumped from 8.07% to 8.46%… The migration to the Chromium engine allowed Microsoft to turn Edge into a cross-platform browser, and this is one of the reasons that…
Windows Update To Fix Critical ‘Wormable’ Flaws May Break VB Apps
“This week’s Windows updates fix critical ‘wormable’ [Bluekeep] flaws but may also break Visual Basic apps, macros, and scripts,” warns ZDNet: “After installing this update, applications that were made using Visual Basic 6 (VB6), macros using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and scripts or apps using Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) may stop responding and you may receive an ‘invalid procedure…
Windows 8 Will No Longer Get App Updates After This Summer
An anonymous reader shares a report: Last year, Microsoft announced when it would be killing app updates and distribution in the Windows Store for Windows Phone 8.x and Windows 8.x. At the time, the blog post stated that Windows Phone 8.x devices would stop receiving app updates after July 1, 2019, while Windows 8.x devices would get app updates through July…
Oh look, another broken Windows update! KB4493472 and KB4493446 causing issues
Reports are coming in left and right that the recent security updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are causing issues on machines they are installed on under certain circumstances. I added a note to the Tuesday’s Patch Overview for this month’s Windows updates but the issue… Continue reading Oh look, another broken Windows update! KB4493472 and KB4493446 causing issues