Microsoft disables File Explorer preview for downloads to block attacks

Microsoft says that the File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) now automatically blocks previews for files downloaded from ...
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Windows 10 might be a goner but there are still some ancient icon relics inside Windows 11 that date all the way back to Windows 95

According to this blog post on the Microsoft Dev site by Raymond Cheng, pifmgr.dll was added in Windows 95 and is chock full of icons that were created mostly for fun.The idea was that they provided a ...
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Microsoft's ancient icon library still lurks deep within Windows 11

Pixels of the past 'created just for fun' The pifmgr.dll still lingers in modern Windows installations - a throwback to a ...

Windows 11 KB5070773 emergency update fixes Windows Recovery issues

Microsoft has released an emergency update to fix the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), which became unusable on systems ...