Microsoft will NOT be pushing out the new Edge via Windows Update to everyone

[Karlston]

Microsoft will NOT be pushing out the new Edge via Windows Update to everyone

We reported in December that Microsoft has revealed that they will be pushing out the Chromium-based Edge browser to the majority of Windows 10 users.

 

Microsoft will be pushing out the update, replacing the old Edge, to all Windows 10 users on Windows 10 RS4 (April 2018 Update) and newer.

 

This may of course cause compatability issues, and Microsoft is releasing a Blocker Toolkit for enterprise users to control the rollout.

 

Now Sean Lyndersay from the Edge team has revealed that most enterprise admins need not worry about the web rendering engine of their PCs being changed wholesale over the next few weeks.

 

 

Microsoft now notes:

The Blocker Toolkit is intended for organizations that would like to block automatic delivery of Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) on devices running Windows 10 version 1803 and newer that are running the Home or Pro Edition of Windows. All other versions and Editions of Windows are automatically excluded from being updated automatically. Devices running Windows 10 Home or Pro Edition that are joined to an Active Directory or Azure Active Directory domain, are MDM managed, or are WSUS or WUfB managed, will also be excluded from this automatic update.

Specifically, no enterprise versions of Windows will be automatically updated, meaning the Blocker Toolkit is just needed if you run Home and Pro on your enterprise network, and if they are not joined to a Domain.

 

Admins can read more at Microsoft here.

 

 

Source: Microsoft will NOT be pushing out the new Edge via Windows Update to everyone   (MSPoweruser)

[mkc21]

that's great because the older one is better at processing gpu video on some sites like Amazon Video.

[steven36]

On 1/10/2020 at 9:15 PM, mkc21 said:

that's great because the older one is better at processing gpu video on some sites like Amazon Video.

Amazon Video is hostile towards  VPN and Linux  users . And if they had there together were they a had a decent standalone Player for Windows  you would not need to use a browser for  hardware acceleration in the age  of smart TVs  and  streaming boxes  your stuck watching videos in a browser like it 2007  when you needed Silverlight.

 

Best option for Amazon Video is   that way can you watch it in a real video player  most  TV shows i watch are  from Amazon Video and they didn't cost me a dime and  i can watch them without the internet drm free , the only reason  they made  it were they can  block the install is for business and  if your a business that use Windows 10 home  you have way worse problems .

 

All it is  a registry  script

 

Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate
Key value name: DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium

Value Result Key is not defined Distribution is not blocked. 0 Distribution is not blocked. 1

Distribution is blocked.

 

 

The only reason  it says  it for home users is because  it technicality impossible to not have something  for all versions unless  they remove  it from windows registry and still going in and renaming files can still disable stuff they removed from the registry  in Home and Pro versions.  This is stuff  Enterprise can lock down or updates to software they dont even have.

[Litoral]

I still like Edge, and the new update of this browser, although it may not seem, if it worries me a lot. 🤔

[Kalju]

Nobody forbids you to own and/or use both as long as the old one still exists.

Soon it will be gone as one failed project, only some memories stays.