Microsoft not solely introduces new options or packages with Windows updates, it additionally removes out of date capabilities.

Many individuals don’t discover this till they want a selected function or the outdated program. One instance is WordPad, which can quickly be faraway from Windows, or Windows-to-Go and the Homegroup.

If you utilize WordPad, you must search for a alternative in good time. In most circumstances, nonetheless, Microsoft doesn’t take away options instantly, however as an alternative marks them as “obsolete.”

This implies that no extra enhancements are being developed for these options or instruments and that Microsoft will take away them from Windows in a future model. Here’s a listing of the Windows options destined to get the axe quickly.

WordPad will now not be a part of Windows

Microsoft has introduced that WordPad will probably be utterly faraway from Windows. Although the restricted phrase processor remains to be included in Windows 11 23H2, this will likely change with the replace to Windows 11 24H2 later this yr. Microsoft is already now not updating this system.

Thomas Joos

Thomas Joos

Thomas Joos

Anyone who depends on WordPad ought to subsequently search for a alternative. Microsoft recommends utilizing Word Online on the Internet at this level. Google Docs, OpenOffice, and LibreOffice are additionally helpful.

Cortana now not exists

The stand-alone Cortana software in Windows can also be outdated and is being changed by Microsoft’s new Copilot AI. If you utilize Cortana for sure areas, you must familiarize your self with the probabilities of Copilot.

VBScript is being faraway from Windows

Anyone who makes use of their very own scripts with VBScript may even should discover a alternative: Microsoft will utterly take away VBScript within the subsequent Windows variations, presumably in Windows 11 24H2.

WebDAV will now not be a part of Windows

With the removing of the WebClient, Microsoft is eradicating WebDAV from Windows. This implies that the protocol can’t be used to attach community drives with WebDAV. Users usually use the protocol to combine cloud storage straight as a drive in Windows, for instance.

This gained’t be really easy in future. Microsoft now not needs to begin the service at bootup, and one of many subsequent steps will in all probability be to take away it, even perhaps in Windows 11 24H2.

TLS certificates underneath 2,408 bits will probably be eliminated

Microsoft is eradicating help for TLS certificates with an RSA key of lower than 2,048 bits from Windows 10 and Windows 11. If you might be subsequently nonetheless utilizing older certificates for functions, there’s a danger that these will now not work after an replace sooner or later.

You ought to subsequently substitute them as quickly as attainable in case you change into conscious of this. However, this largely impacts corporations that function their very own internet functions.

Problem logging is coming to an finish – psr.exe

With drawback recording, customers can create step-based screenshots to create documentation or recreate errors so {that a} help worker can assist.

Microsoft needs to take away the recording utterly from Windows. Here too, you must receive a alternative in case you use the issue recordings. Microsoft recommends utilizing the snipping device in Windows for this function.

Windows Mail and Outlook Express will probably be eliminated and changed by Outlook

Microsoft is eradicating the Windows Mail app in Windows 10 and Windows 11 and changing it with the new, free Outlook app. This is at the moment being criticized not solely attributable to Outlook’s lackluster function set in comparison with the unique Mail app, however as a result of it routes all emails by way of Microsoft servers. This additionally applies to mail accounts that aren’t hosted by Microsoft. Many customers are already swapping Windows Mail for Mozilla Thunderbird.

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Wmic.exe to be discontinued: Use WMI queries in Windows

With “wmic.exe”, customers and directors can use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) for queries – for instance, for details about a pc’s {hardware}. Microsoft has marked “wmic.exe” as out of date and can completely take away this command line program from Windows 10 and Windows 11. However, there’s the choice of utilizing PowerShell and the Get-WmiObject cmdlet in future.

Windows-to-Go now not a part of Windows

With Windows-to-Go, it was beforehand attainable to save lots of Windows on an exterior arduous drive and begin it on totally different computer systems. This choice will probably be faraway from Windows. Microsoft is already now not offering help for this function.

No extra HomeGroup in Windows

Microsoft has discontinued help for HomeGroups/residence community teams. If you’ve created shares primarily based on HomeGroups, these will probably be retained, however the HomeGroup view will probably be utterly faraway from the working system. Resources can nonetheless be shared by way of workgroups and Active Directory domains.

This article was translated from German to English and initially appeared on pcwelt.de.