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New Windows 10 Policy Lets You Disable Cloud Customized Taskbars Microsoft has added a new group policy in Windows 10 20H2 that allows you to disable a new feature that customizes the taskbar based on what accounts or devices you have. In the Windows 10 Insider Build 20161, Microsoft introduced Read more…

Windows 10 20H2 LSASS Crash Issue Causes Forced Reboots Microsoft has acknowledged a new known issue causing forced restarts on Windows 10 20H2 devices due to the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) system process crashing. LSASS is the system process responsible for security policy enforcing on Windows systems, and Read more…

Windows 10 20H2 Crashes When Connecting Thunderbolt NVMe SSDs Microsoft says that devices running Windows 10 2004 or Windows 10 20H2 might crash with blue screens of death (BSODs) when users plug in a Thunderbolt NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) Solid State Drive (SSD). Affected devices will also display a “DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION Read more…

New RegretLocker Ransomware Targets Windows Virtual Machines A new ransomware called RegretLocker uses a variety of advanced features that allows it to encrypt virtual hard drives and close open files for encryption. RegretLocker was discovered in October and is a simple ransomware in terms of appearance as it does not Read more…

Windows 7 Won’t Die, Still Second Most Popular Operating System The data analysts firm NetMarketShare revealed that Windows 10 has seen another uptake in users and it went up to 64.04% from 61.26% last month. Linux (multiple distros) went from 1.14% to 1.65% and Ubuntu now holds a market share Read more…

Open Shell Brings Back The Glory Days Of The Windows Start Menu Open Shell, originally known as Classic Shell, is open-source software that allows you to replace the standard Start Menu on Windows 10 and Windows 8. Open Shell originally came out as Classic Shell in 2009 and it has Read more…

Windows Kernel Zero-Day Vulnerability Used In Targeted Attacks Project Zero, Google’s 0day bug-hunting team, today disclosed a zero-day elevation of privileges (EoP) vulnerability found in the Windows kernel and actively exploited in targeted attacks. The flaw is a pool-based buffer overflow that exists in the Windows Kernel Cryptography Driver (cng.sys) and Read more…

Windows 10: Upcoming Driver Changes May Break Plug-and-Play Upcoming changes to how Windows 10 automatically installs driver updates may cause plug-and-play to break for some devices. In February 2020, as part of the new optional update experience, Microsoft allowed hardware developers to mark submitted drivers as either ‘Automatic’ or ‘Manual.’ Drivers marked Read more…

Take Control of Windows 10 Feature Updates Using These Settings Microsoft has added new settings that allow users to gain greater control over how Windows Update installs new Windows 10 feature updates.” With Windows 10 version 1903, Microsoft added the ability to set the specific Windows 10 feature update that Read more…