In our latest recap for the Microsoft-verse, we have lots of stuff to talk about including tons of Windows updates, recent cybersecurity incidents, and some useful features being added to Edge.
It’s the end of yet another week of April, which means that it’s time to recap all the important events that transpired in the Microsoft-verse in the past few days. As this week was Patch Tuesday, our primary focus this time around is on Windows updates, followed by some malware news, and Edge updates. Find out more about these topics in our weekly digest for April 9 – April 15. Since this was the second week of the month, Microsoft rolled out its Patch Tuesday updates for supported operating systems near the start of the week. The updates for Windows 7 (KB5012626) and Windows 8.1 (KB5012670) fix some issues related to the Windows Media Center and BitLocker, among other things. However, there are some other known problems that you should check out in our dedicated piece here too. Meanwhile, Windows 10’s Patch Tuesday update (KB5012599) contains security patches and some known issues. Updates are also being delivered to some older versions of LTSC Windows and Enterprise SKUs. Finally, the Windows 11 update (KB5012592) has some security fixes and rolls up the changes present in the optional “C” preview release (KB5011563) from earlier this month too. This means that the ability to change the default browser relatively quicker is now generally available. There were a ton of updates in the Insider Preview for Windows 11 too. It turns out that version 22H2 of the operating system will let you disable the overflow and show all apps icons in the notification area. The company is seemingly also prepping to make third-party Widgets installable from the Microsoft Store. Although success in this area is obviously dependent on developer support, something that Microsoft generally struggles with on its storefront. Microsoft also rolled out build 22598 in the Windows 11 Dev Channel with new Task Manager shortcuts, an updated Media Player experience, changes to Spotlight behavior, new wallpapers for clean installs, and lots more. Those who prefer installs via ISOs will be happy to know that the disk image for this build is available too. Microsoft later released build 22598.100 (KB5014100) for both Dev and Beta channels as well, but that was just to test the servicing pipeline. The Release Preview Channel finally received some love this week. Windows 10 build 19044.1679 (KB5011831) brought with it tons of backend changes while Windows 11 build 22000.651 (KB5012643) sported modifications to TPM, Secure Boot, and more. Wrapping up this section of updates, the Surface Duo and Duo 2 received the April 2022 firmware update, which contains security patches. And it seems like Microsoft is working on a Surface Laptop Go 2 with newer processors and a fresh coat of paint with the new Sage color.
