Microsoft has announced that it will remove Adobe Flash Player from all versions of Windows 10 through the KB4577586 “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player” in June. The update will be included in the Monthly Rollup and the Security Only Update for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Embedded 8 Standard in July.
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Microsoft Will Remove Flash From Windows 10 Computers This Summer By Tyler Lee, on 05/03/2021 20:46 PDT
Now that Flash has officially reached its end of life, it seems that Microsoft will also be taking more proactive steps in removing it from Windows 10 computers. This is according to an updated blog post on Microsoft’s website where they revealed that they will include a Flash Player removal tool in Windows 10 patches starting this summer.
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According to Microsoft,
“Starting in June 2021, the KB4577586 “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player” will be included in the Preview Update for Windows 10, version 1809 and above platforms. It will also be included in every subsequent Latest Cumulative Update.”
Windows 10 emergency updates released to fix printing crashes
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Update: Microsoft now warns of additional issues when printing after installing the March updates.
Microsoft has released out-of-band non-security updates to fix a know Windows 10 issue causing blue screens when printing to network printers after installing the March 2021 cumulative updates.
According to Microsoft, the cumulative updates released today are addressing an issue that might cause a blue screen when attempting to print to certain printers using some apps and might generate the error, APC INDEX MISMATCH.
The cumulative updates containing the fix released today are published as optional updates so they will not be installed automatically via Windows Update.
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 New Update To Fix Printing Crashes
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The out-of-band security update restores the normal flow while printing
Users have to install the Windows 10 emergency patch manually
Microsoft finally put an end to the problem that Windows 10 users encountered during the previous update.
A week ago, Bleeping Computer reported a March update of Windows 10 caused devices to end up in Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) as users executed printing commands.
Following this, Microsoft released an update on March 15 to fix the error and put an end to the problem, The Verge reported. The software giant’s latest band non-security patch allows Windows 10 users to go back to printing without the BSOD risk.
Microsoft force installs Windows 10 update to remove Flash Player
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Microsoft is force installing a Windows 10 update that removes the embedded 32-bit version of Adobe Flash Player from the operating system.
In October, we reported that Microsoft had released the KB4577586 optional update to remove the embedded 32-bit Flash Player from Windows and prevent it from being installed again.
32-bit Flash shown in Windows 10 Control Panel
This update was only available from the Microsoft Catalog, and once installed, could no longer be removed. This update marks an end to embedded Flash in the Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows Server operating systems.