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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year 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 • 1 year ago

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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Lol … you can bypass the Windows restriction by deleting the System32 folder
- @0xtero@beehaw.org
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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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