Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser

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New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

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Microsoft is now using a Windows driver to prevent users from changing the configured Windows 10 and Windows 11 default browser through software or by manually modifying the Registry.

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Or properly crack down on this like the EU will.

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