For the last few days, the Microsoft Office PWA apps have appeared under Recently added apps in the Windows 10 start menu. The set includes Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word. A number of confirmed reports say that the apps come on their own, without the user installing anything.
Category: Windows 10
Windows Update can be used in a bad way to execute malicious programs
The Windows Update client has just been added to the list of living-off-the-land binaries (LoLBins) attackers can use to execute malicious code on Windows systems. Loaded in this way, the harmful code can bypass the system protection mechanism.
Windows 10 20H2 October 2020 Update may launch in a few hours
It looks like Windows 10 version 20H2 will become generally available in a few hours. The OS, being already finished in August 2020, is due for a long time on its way to users since then. Microsoft is polishing the OS, and has released a number of cumulative updates to fix minor issues found in it. Now the new Windows 10 release starts being gradually distributed.
Microsoft releases Build 20231.1005 with KB4586238
Microsoft is starting to roll out Cumulative Update Build 20231.1005 (KB4586238). This update does not include anything new and is designed to test the servicing pipeline. Also, there is one bug fixed in this update.
Enable or Disable Reveal Password Button in Microsoft Edge
How to Enable or Disable Reveal Password Button in Microsoft Edge
Windows 10 includes a password reveal button. If you have entered your password but are not sure if you entered it correctly, you can click this button with the eye icon at the end of the password text field to see the typed password. Edge, Microsoft's latest Chromium-based browser also includes that button. Starting with the Canary release 87.0.666.0 and higher, you can turn enable or disable the Reveal password button when entering passwords, independently from the OS.
A bug in Windows 10 version 2004 prevents cookies and logins from being saved
New reports indicate that some users have issues with Windows 10 2004 and 20H2 successor. They says that cookies or login data fails to be saved, especially with the Chrome browser. As one user figured out, it is due to the S4U task "TASK_LOGON_S4U" in the Task Scheduler.
Update from WSL to WSL 2 in Windows 10
How to Update from WSL to WSL 2 in Windows 10
Microsoft has ported WSL 2 to Windows 10 version 1909, and version 1903. Initially, it was exclusively available in Windows 10 version 2004. Now users who have installed two older releases of the OS can upgrade Windows Subsystem for Linux to the latest generation and get benefits from using it.
Windows 10 will soon allow you to use Spotlight as Desktop background
Windows 10 features the Spotlight feature which allows you to have a random image on the Lock screen every time you see it. It downloads beautiful images from the Internet and shows them on your lock screen. So, every time you boot or lock Windows 10, you will see a new lovely image. The images are breathtakingly beautiful. One of the most anticipated Windows 10 features is the ability to use those stunning lockscreen images as your Desktop background. The good news is that Microsoft is currently working on it.
Windows 10 build 20231 includes the whole new OOBE experience of Windows 10X
Yesterday Microsoft released Windows 10 build 20231, and also provided ISO images for clean install. The build, besides including a new OOBE page that allows optimizing the OS for user-specific tasks, also comes with a new user interface for OOBE.
Official Windows build 20231 ISO images are now available
Quickly after releasing Windows build 20231 to Dev Channel insiders, Microsoft also made available the ISO files for that build. So if you are interested in installing that build from scratch, you can save your time on building the ISO yourself.
