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New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Microsoft has unveiled a new security feature in Windows 11 that will make it extremely diffficult for hackers to steal user

New Windows 11 update means it will take a lot more time to try out numerous combinations, making attacks less effective

Microsoft has enabled a preview feature by default in the latest Windows 11 Dev Channel build 25206. It is related to improving the security of SMB NTLM authentication and reducing attack surfaces.

Last week, Microsoft released previews of updates for various versions of Windows before it unleashes the final versions next Patch Tuesday. Included among these was the KB5016691 update for Windows 11 which --although billed primarily as a bug-fixing update -- added new Server Message Block (SMB) compression options.

Latest Windows 11 update allows admins to trade CPU power for transfer speed.

Microsoft is making major changes to how SMB compression operates in Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022. The enhancements will particularly interest IT admins and users in client-server environments.

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Microsoft says it's bringing back a "time to empty" battery-life indicator as well as changing a few things about Windows in its latest Windows 11 build.

Microsoft began deprecating the SMB1 protocol in some versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server several years ago, thus the decision to disable the feature shouldn't come...

Microsoft is ending support for the aging SMB1 protocol which will soon be disabled by default in Windows 11.