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Microsoft improves text contrast for all Windows Chromium browsers
Microsoft says it improved the contrast of text rendered in all Chromium-based web browsers on Windows, making it more readable on some displays. This was done by bringing the company’s enhanced text contrast and gamma correction in the Chromium open-source project, making enhanced font rendering available for all Windows Chromium-based browsers, including Google Chrome version […]
January Windows 10 preview update force installs new Outlook
Microsoft has started force-installing the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems for users who deploy this month’s KB5050081 non-security preview update. This was first announced on January 9 when Redmond revealed that its new email client would be automatically installed for all Windows 10 users installing the February Windows security updates. The new Outlook will […]
Windows 11 KB5050094 update fixes bugs causing audio issues
Microsoft has released the optional KB5050094 Preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with 28 bug fixes and changes, including fixes for bugs causing audio playback issues on systems with USB audio device drivers. The KB5050094 update is part of Microsoft’s “optional non-security preview updates” schedule. These updates are pushed at the end of every month to […]
Microsoft: January Windows security updates break audio playback
Microsoft has confirmed that the January 2025 Windows security updates are breaking audio playback on some systems with external DACs (digital-to-analog converters). DACs are commonly used at home, in professional music studios, and in portable music players to improve audio quality, process signals, or convert digital audio into analog signals for playback through speakers or […]
Microsoft to deprecate WSUS driver synchronization in 90 days
Microsoft has reminded Windows administrators that driver synchronization in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) will be deprecated on April 18, 90 days from now. The company first announced the deprecation in June 2024, when it also encouraged customers to adopt its newer cloud-based driver services. “If you’re using driver synchronization updates via Windows Server Update Services […]
Hackers use Windows RID hijacking to create hidden admin account
A North Korean threat group has been using a technique called RID hijacking that tricks Windows into treating a low-privileged account as one with administrator permissions. The hackers used a custom malicious file and an open source tool for the hijacking attack. Both utilities can perform the attack but researchers at South Korean cybersecurity company AhnLab say that […]
Windows 11 24H2 now also offered to all eligible Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft says Windows 11 24H2 has entered the broad deployment phase and is now available to all seekers via Windows Update. The latest Windows version (known as the Windows 11 2024 Update) has also begun rolling out to all eligible PCs running Windows 10 22H2 this Tuesday. “Starting this week, we are expanding this latest Windows version’s phased rollout. […]
7-Zip fixes bug that bypasses Windows MoTW security warnings, patch now
A high-severity vulnerability in the 7-Zip file archiver allows attackers to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) Windows security feature and execute code on users’ computers when extracting malicious files from nested archives. 7-Zip added support for MotW in June 2022, starting with version 22.00. Since then, it has automatically added MotW flags (special ‘Zone.Id’ alternate data streams) to […]
Microsoft fixes Windows Server 2022 bug breaking device boot
Microsoft has fixed a bug that was causing some Windows Server 2022 systems with two or more NUMA nodes to fail to start up. NUMA (short for non-uniform memory access) is a computer memory architecture in which multiple processors are connected to the same shared memory pool via high-speed interconnections to control performance bottlenecks. This design […]
Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook crashing when writing emails
Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue that causes classic Outlook to crash when writing, replying to, or forwarding an email. These problems appear after updating Outlook for Microsoft 365, Outlook 2021, Outlook 2019, or Outlook 2016 to Version 2412 (Build 18324.20168), released on January 7, and will trigger “0xc0000005” exception codes. “You […]