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New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Meanwhile, if you use Microsoft Teams & Outlook with the Teams add-on installed ... and you are wondering why your email links are suddenly opening in Edge instead of your default browser, disable the Teams add-on in Outlook and rage for a moment at the stupidity.

Teams is forcing Edge browser to open links in new Teams and by extension, in Outlook. Setting the default browser to open links within Outlook settings just leads to un-clickable links. The only way to fix it is to disable the Teams Outlook add-on.

Yes, same old Microsoft. Anyone who thinks they have changed in any way since the days of forcing Internet Explorer as the default are sadly and woefully mistaken.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

At least not in the EU, there Windows should even allow you to uninstall EDGE. MS in the EU is way different, less restrictive and more private than MS US.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe it's because websites should ask user before enabling cookies?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

MS US not only use cookies, it logs even your keystrokes and mouse movements, apart to pass your data to Towerdata and Facebook. Cookies are not the problem if yo use uBO, Cookie Autodelete or similar.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

This is horrible. I run several different environments of VMware Instant Clone VDIs and use the SetUserFTA to help a users default browser and other file extension defaults to persist for a user from session to session on a non-persistent VDI. Now it’s broken.

Thanks a lot Microsoft. 😤

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I said literally like two days ago "fine then; keep using windows until they take a feature you rely on and all your data is either gone, or trapped in an impenetrably useless shell"

Theres no practical value to being right, but fsmn does it feel good.

Uh, sorry about your shit. If you want to still have your computer in a year; switch to linux

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why aren't you using group policy?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

How long til that's deoricated, would you bet?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Awesome tool, that one. Not often we use it (and usually inside a virtual application environment), but it's great to rely on...

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't they already lose a court case about doing that?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Lin...ux?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Linux Linux?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Okay so KDE was okay 5-10 years ago. Ultimately crawled back to Windoze. What's in vogue in 2024?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

KDE 6 just dropped. Cinnamon is up there as well. And if you think iOS is too cluttered and functional, give Gnome a try.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Can't endorse Gnome enough. I feel like something about it is anti ADHD for me. It optimizes screen size usage. And, the division of tasks into workspaces is glorious. It honestly bothers me a little that it helps me be productive despite myself.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, I just switched yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Literally switched two days ago. Trying mint for now

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Haha, me too. I tried opensuse first but switched to mint.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mint gang rise up!

Switched just a couple of months ago.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I switched to mint in November, almost everything just works (I mainly use my desktop for gaming). And everything that doesn't, works after visiting the mint forum or is just a minor inconvenience.

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