“100% of the winners tried their luck”. This is what Microsoft must have said to itself when it rolled out the latest Windows 11 update a few days ago. After installing the latest “ Patch Tuesday » from Windows 11 21H2 (build 22000.434), via the Windows Update menu, Microsoft’s operating system requires a restart which automatically returns you to a series of configuration screens similar to those offered when starting a freshly unpacked machine or after a clean reinstallation of Windows 11.
If this update mainly introduces security patches, it is also and above all an opportunity for Microsoft to show the extent of its talent in trying to force you to use Edge.
With these configuration screens, the Redmond company has found a new excuse to suggest that youUse recommended browser settings :
“Enjoy quality performance, privacy, and productivity while browsing with the latest version of Microsoft Edge, the best browser for Windows”, explains Microsoft with great humility.
Below, the first choice displayed proposes, you can imagine, to configure Microsoft Edge as the default web browser in Windows 11, and to pin it to the desktop as well as to the taskbar. Good player, Microsoft still offers Do not update your browser settings and keep your existing settings, when it could have been content with its button Ignore for now to free up later. Google (Chrome) and Mozilla (Firefox) will appreciate.
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For several years now, Microsoft has made a specialty when it comes to finding a new way to impose its home web browser. Recently, the American firm, for example, changed the settings of Windows 11 allowing you to choose a web browser other than Edge by default. It has also decided to automatically display advertisements for Edge when users download Chrome or Firefox, or has endeavored to block all existing hacks that allow circumventing the limits it has put in place.