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Microsoft set to fix lots of things that are wrong with

your Windows 10 PC

WINDOWS 10 users have been given some good update news to start the month, with the next
Patch release looking like it will feature many of essential fixes that users have been asking for.

With the next Patch Tuesday release looking like an essential download. March wasn't an easy
month for users of the Microsoft OS, with a litany of problems sparked by the release of problem-
atic Windows 10 updates. One of the biggest gripes was printer compatibility issues that caused

the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) crash to return.
But thankfully it looks like April could see a change of fortunes for Windows 10 users.

At the end of last month the Redmond-based tech giant released an optional Windows 10 update.

Patch KB5000842 is available for Windows 10 version 2004 and Windows 10 20H2, and from the
looks of it will fix tonnes of niggling issues with the desktop OS.

The patch - which is a preview of the download that will be released on the next Patch Tuesday bar
any unexpected issues - addresses a litany of problems such as HDR monitor glitches that result in
dark screens, crashes related to OneDrive and much more.

The release of the upcoming Windows 10 patch was highlighted by the @Windows Update Twit-
ter which posted: "The March 2021 monthly “C” release preview update for Windows 10, version
20H2 and Windows 10, version 2004 is now available."
This preview patch should get rolled out to everyone on the next Patch Tuesday which this month

falls on Tuesday April 13.
And replying to the tweet from the Windows Update account, users have been tweeting their frus-

trations about past patches, and hopes that the next one will be different.
Interestingly, there is one other change that the next Patch Tuesday release will bring to the table.

The next Windows 10 update will accelerate the drive to move users onto the Chromium-based
version of Microsoft Edge, after the Legacy version reached its end of support on March 9.

The notes for the new Windows 10 update says: "Removes the Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop
application that is out of support and installs the new Microsoft Edge".

While Microsoft went into further detail about this change in an article which says: "In August
2020, we announced that support for the Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop application ends on
March 9, 2021. After this date, Microsoft Edge Legacy will no longer receive security updates.

"To replace this out of support application, we are announcing that the new Microsoft Edge will be
available as part of the Windows 10 cumulative monthly security update—otherwise referred to as
the Update Tuesday (or “B”) release—on April 13, 2021. When you apply this update to your de-
vices, the out of support Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop application will be removed and the new
Microsoft Edge will be installed. The new Microsoft Edge offers built-in security and our best in-
teroperability with the Microsoft security ecosystem, all while being more secure than Chrome for
businesses on Windows 10."