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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 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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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months ago

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

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Luckily I’ve changed my default OS to Linux
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  Lol … you can bypass the Windows restriction by deleting the System32 folder
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    Microsoft hates this one simple trick
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    Instructions unclea—
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    Classic
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  This is the way

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