Microsoft plans to remove several long-standing apps from its Windows 11 operating system. Besides Wordpad, a dedicated RTF editor, it has picked the Steps Recorder for removal. Steps Recorder started out as Problem Steps Recorder when Microsoft launched Windows 7 in 2009. It is a simple recording tool that captures the user’s actionsContinue Reading
Remember the major privacy flaw that hit Windows 11’s Snipping Tool and Windows 10’s Snip and Sketch Tool? As earlier reported, the privacy flaw allowed attackers to retrieve sensitive information cropped out of screenshots. Up until now, the workaround to this was to use another image editor or ensure that youContinue Reading
Microsoft released security updates for Windows yesterday on the March 2023 Patch Day. Among the patched security updates, several of which are rated critical by Microsoft, is a security issue that is exploited actively in the wild. The issue was reported by Google’s Threat Analysis Group. The threat actor used “an unpatched securityContinue Reading
While software-based password managers are incredibly popular these days, it is still terrifyingly common to find that people store passwords on sticky notes attached to their monitor. A slightly more up-to-date means of recording passwords is to type them into a text document, and this is something Microsoft is seekingContinue Reading
Disabling Windows startup apps is a dead-simple way to improve PC performance. Got a minute to spare? Let’s add some extra pep to your Windows PC by preventing it from launching unnecessary apps at startup. Slimming down your startup process will of course lead to faster boot times, but itContinue Reading
Is your printer no more printing? This is probably why Windows 11 might have its share of problems, but that doesn’t mean Windows 10 has become a completely smooth experience. Microsoft has confirmed that an update released for the older OS last month is causing issues with USB-connected printers. If you’reContinue Reading
This month, Microsoft released the KB5015814 security update for Windows 11, but it has not forgotten about Windows 10 users. You are advised to install these security updates as soon as possible. While the KB5015807 update is made for Windows 10 versions 20H2, 21H1, and 21H2, the KB5015811 update isContinue Reading
Have you been having headaches finding out the specs of your Windows 10 computer? Get to know five ways to find out in this guide. On Windows 10, the ability to determine the technical specifications of your computer can come in handy in many situations. It can be helpful toContinue Reading
In the latest Windows 11 preview build, Microsoft offers a set of improvements and fixes to test. There are welcomed changes but none of them are groundbreaking. Still, enthusiasts quickly discovered that Microsoft is hiding some truly exciting changes in build 22572. Windows users have been asking Microsoft to bring tabsContinue Reading
Talos Security Intelligence & Research Group has published a new report detailing its discovery of a zero-day exploit impacting all Windows versions, including newly updated Windows 11 machines. The team describes this exploit as an “elevation of privilege vulnerability” that impacts Windows Installer, also noting some malware is already inContinue Reading