Microsoft is still using an Insider build of Windows 10 to address issues with Edge stalling in Internet Explorer mode and single sign-on issues resulting from modifications made for the European Digital Markets Act.
Microsoft announced in December 2023 that it will be changing the Windows app sign-in process as part of its compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Economic Area (EEA).
When a user registered into Windows with their region set to a country in the European Union, the first application they opened displayed a prompt asking them if they wanted to utilize their Windows login credentials.
Microsoft made the following promise months ago: “This notice won’t appear again if the user chooses to use the same credentials they used to sign in to Windows.”
Early in 2024, the business started to roll out the capabilities
Microsoft acknowledged in August that when a user authenticated using a certificate in Windows 11, the single sign-on (SSO) message was still occurring far too frequently. The Release Preview and Beta Channels of Windows 10 now have the same repair available.
It nearly seems like Windows 10 and 11 are the same, with the exception of Windows 11’s curvier UI and device requirements that call for new hardware purchases.
It seems sense that the most recent Insider build upgrade has fewer features than its Windows 11 stablemate. After all, Microsoft will be discontinuing support for Windows 10 for the majority of customers in a little over a year. For the hordes of people still using the terminally unsound operating system, there are still some remedies.
Fixes include Microsoft Edge ceasing to respond in Internet Explorer mode, File Explorer and the taskbar stalling on Windows, and media playback difficulties.
Administrators attempting to support outdated web apps in a corporate setting may find this kind of browser crash frustrating, but given that Microsoft stopped supporting IE in June 2022, Edge’s apparent propensity to refuse any additional requests when forced into IE mode makes perfect sense.