Microsoft quietly changed how folder backup works in the OneDrive app on Windows 11. Now, the OS enables it by default during the initial setup without asking the user for permission.
![Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/4134a08a-1fd7-47b5-8e20-59357e5585ee.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
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Windows 11, version 21H2: KB5039213 (OS Build 22000.3019) - Microsoft Support
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Windows 11, version 22H2/23H2: KB5039212 (OS Builds 22621.3737 and 22631.3737) - Microsoft Support
Microsoft promises changes to Recall after security concerns.
![Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/ddc3020d-eca1-44dc-a902-de0a4ca257a1.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Windows Recall takes a screenshot every five seconds. Cybersecurity researchers say the system is simple to abuse—and one ethical hacker has already built a tool to show how easy it really is.
![This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/90180b33-ccc9-4af9-b86b-27575a71b9e9.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Many users use an e-mail trick to avoid creating a Microsoft account. This has now apparently been stopped by Microsoft.
![Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/166c514a-e843-418a-852e-6d6d6a411d05.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."
![New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/93b096f4-7f9f-4c54-895a-f70e1f3e1e7e.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
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Windows 11, version 21H2: KB5037770 (OS Build 22000.2960)
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Windows 11, version 22H2/23H2: KB5037771 (OS Builds 22621.3593 and 22631.3593)
Microsoft says the April 2024 Windows security updates break VPN connections on Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server systems.
![Microsoft says April Windows updates break VPN connections](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/0671d007-5fea-4919-8a3e-4bba6f43f0e5.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Windows 11 24H2 lets you create TAR and 7Z archives without third-party apps. However, you don't have to wait for version 24H2 to get that feature. Microsoft will soon bring it to 22H2 and 23H2.
![Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 will soon let you create TAR and 7Z archives](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/e4dde826-2fbf-40ec-bdd0-b62298db061d.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Windows 11, version 21H2: KB5036894 (OS Build 22000.2899)
Windows 11, version 22H2/23H2: KB5036893 (OS Builds 22621.3447 and 22631.3447)
StartAllBack was just the beginning.
![Microsoft won't update your Windows 11 PC if it has these apps](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/ab91e827-0904-4f2b-ab5b-c8ec80750807.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Windows 11 version 24H2 will ship first on new Arm PCs before rolling out to everyone later this year.
![What's next for Windows 11? Microsoft prepares early 24H2 release for Arm PCs and major AI update this fall](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9724ad9b-7e62-4487-b00e-0e44d38fe9da.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Microsoft has revised its original plans to phase out the old PDF viewer in Microsoft Edge in favor of the Adobe-powered engine. Now, the company plans to kick out the old engine in early 2025.
![Microsoft will remove the old PDF viewer from Edge in early 2025](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6b0e3bb9-f4fd-47e2-874a-0b65cdbeb59c.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Windows 11, version 21H2: KB5035854 (OS Build 22000.2836)
Windows 11, version 22H2/23H2: KB5035853 (OS Builds 22621.3296 and 22631.3296)
Amazon's inferior selection of Android apps meant WSA was never very useful.
![RIP to the Windows Subsystem for Android, which goes away in 2025](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e9fe94c2-aa1e-4c8c-a743-3d8b65cadfd6.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Windows 11, version 21H2: KB5034766 (OS Build 22000.2777)
Windows 11, version 22H2/23H2: KB5034765 (OS Builds 22621.3155 and 22631.3155)
It should be here, did you miss any previous update?
Text post bodies now appear as secondary content (gray) in the feed instead of primary (black or white)
Please add an option to disable this, really causing confusion with read and unread post.
My subscription here is still showing as pending, why?