Protected Print Mode introduces a security gatekeeper that blocks third party drivers unless users or admins opt out.

Your office printer might have a problem soon. Microsoft decided to kill off V3 and V4 printer drivers early next year. If your printer relies on these older drivers, it could stop working after ...

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Microsoft will discontinue support for legacy printer drivers in Windows 11 starting in 2027. What will happen to older ...

In the name of security for its ubiquitous OS, Microsoft is ditching support for legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers in Windows 11. Microsoft previously warned this was coming way back in September 2023, ...

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Microsoft updates the Windows 11 26H2 security baseline with new printer driver recommendations and the removal of TLS 1.1 support.

Drivers have long been the source of problems for Windows users, with security flaws, compatibility issues and other bugs blighting the experience of getting hardware to work as it should. Now ...