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Update: Microsoft now warns of additional issues when printing after installing the March updates. Microsoft has released out-of-band non-security updates to fix a know Windows 10 issue causing blue screens when printing to network printers after installing the March 2021 cumulative updates.
Google is hurrying out a fix for a vulnerability in its Chrome browser that's under active attack - its third zero-day flaw so far this year. Another high-severity flaw is a heap-buffer overflow error that stems from Chrome tab groups.
Over the past year, Microsoft has quietly released new built-in Windows 10 command-line applications and free Microsoft Store apps that enhance the operating system's functionality. Microsoft did not officially announce these new tools in some cases, and they were discovered by users instead. In this article, we're going to highlight these new programs and other apps so power-users can take greater control over Windows 10.
Microsoft has announced that the Spring Update will be released using an enablement package that simply turns on dormant features already found in Windows 10 2004 and Windows 10 20H2. For users running these Windows 10 versions, it means that Windows 10 21H1 will install extremely fast as it just needs to change a few settings to enable the features. Many of the features that Windows users were looking forward to, such as DoH, the new Battery settings, and the modern Disk Management settings page, are not coming to Windows 10 21H1. For these features, users will have to wait for the 'Windows 10 21H2 Sun Valley update' coming towards the end of the year.
Update: Microsoft has released out-of-band non-security updates to address the Windows 10 printing crash issue. Microsoft has provided a temporary fix for the Windows 10 blue screen crashes plaguing customers when printing after installing the March 2021 cumulative updates.
Google says that the latest Google Chrome version comes with major memory savings on Windows systems and improves energy consumption and overall responsiveness. Google Chrome 89, which rolled out earlier this week, comes with significant Windows memory management improvements, with the browser process requiring up to 22% less memory.
Update: Microsoft has released out-of-band non-security updates to address the Windows 10 printing crash issue. Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 devices might crash with a Blue Screen of Death when printing under certain conditions after applying the March cumulative updates.
Update: Microsoft has released out-of-band non-security updates to address the Windows 10 printing crash issue. The Windows 10 KB5000802 and KB5000808 cumulative updates released yesterday are causing Blue Screen of Death crashes when printing to network printers.
Adobe has issued patches for a slew of critical security vulnerabilities, which, if exploited, could allow for arbitrary code execution on vulnerable Windows systems. Affected products include Adobe's Framemaker document processor, designed for writing and editing large or complex documents; Adobe's Connect software used for remote web conferencing; and the Adobe Creative Cloud software suite for video editing.
As part of the March Patch cycle, Microsoft is rolling out a new cumulative update for all supported version of Windows. Like every Windows Update, you can open the Settings app and click on the Windows Update option to install the patches.