Microsoft today released monthly cumulative updates for all supported operating systems. As usual, such updates do not bring with them any new features, but are aimed at fixing discovered bugs and vulnerabilities. Updates are already available in Windows Update.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Parallels Desktop 17 for MacOS now supports Windows 11
Parallels today announced their Parallels Desktop 17 for Mac update. The new version brings support for Windows 11 and macOS Monterey, as well as many performance improvements and new features for devices based on Apple M1 chips.
Firefox 91 released, will be an ESR release
Mozilla releases Firefox 91, a new version of the popular browser. It is a major release, which will also serve as base for the ESR branch. The new version is notable for a new print option that adds the simplified page output, a new behavior for downloads, and HTTPS-First mode for private windows.
Windows 11 Add Windows Terminal Profiles to Context Menu
In Windows 11, you can add Windows Terminal Profiles to the context menu in File Explorer. So that you will be able to launch it in the current folder directly with the desired profile, without switching to it.
Edge 94 can immediately put inactive tabs to sleep
Microsoft continues improving Performance Mode (recently renamed to Efficiency Mode) with new features and capabilities to let you run the Edge browser as smoothly as possible, even on budget hardware. "Sleeping Tabs" is a cornerstone of Efficiency Mode that allows you to save RAM and CPU resources by putting inactive pages to sleep. In Edge 92 Stable, the browser freezes tabs after no less than 5 minutes of inactivity. In Edge 94, that timeout reduced almost to zero.
Disable Wakeup Password in Windows 11 for Sleep and Modern Standby
You can disable Wakeup Password in Windows 11 for Sleep, Modern Standby, and Hibernate states and stop Windows 11 from asking you for sign-in on wakeup. There are plenty of methods you can use to change this behavior. In this post, we will reviewed them all.
Firefox for Android can now auto-fill passwords in other apps
Mozilla is updating its mobile variant of the Firefox browser to handle passwords in other installed apps. Firefox Nightly can auto-fill saved passwords in all other apps on Android.
Microsoft will combine OneNote (Win32) and OneNote for Windows 10 in one new app
Microsoft is developing a unified OneNote app for Windows. In coming 12 months, Microsoft plans to merge OneNote (Win32) and OneNote for Windows 10 (UWP) into a single app. As reported in the official blog, the company intends to bring to the classic version of OneNote all the key features that are currently unique to the UWP version of OneNote for Windows 10. In addition, the desktop application will receive an updated design to match the style of Windows 11.
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.120 Released in Dev and Beta Channels
Microsoft today released a new build to Windows Insiders. Build 22000.120 is now available in both Dev and Beta channels. It comes with a new 'Family' widget, notification badging for the Chat icon, and a bunch of fixes and improvements.
Windows 11 Restart Explorer Context Menu
Here's how to add the Restart Explorer context menu in Windows 11. It will allow you to quickly restart the Windows shell if it gives you issues, has some glitches, or when you need to apply some tweak on-the-fly.
