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Microsoft Edge discussions on WindowsForum.com cover browser security, enterprise compatibility, and user-facing features. Recent threads highlight the planned disablement of full uBlock Origin by end of 2026 due to Manifest V2 changes, confirmed Windows 11 issues with IE mode affecting legacy applications, and security updates addressing Chromium vulnerabilities in Edge 151. Practical guidance includes exporting favorites to HTML before a PC reset, while roadmap news points to a Vertical Tabs rebuild targeting December 2026. Default browser choice frustrations among Windows users are also a recurring theme. These topics reflect Edge's role in Windows environments, from troubleshooting to feature planning and security patching.
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    KB5130994: RD Web Access Fails in Edge and Chrome When XSLT Is Disabled

    Microsoft has published a support article on a Remote Desktop Services problem that will probably reach more organizations soon. Support article KB 5130994 says the classic RD Web Access portal can fail to load in Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome when browser policy disables XSLT (Extensible...
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    Edge 157 Retires Direct WAM Sign-In: How to Test OneAuth Before the November Rollout

    Microsoft is retiring the older of the two sign-in paths that Edge has been running on Windows. Starting with Edge 157, every Windows profile will authenticate through the OneAuth library, and the browser's legacy direct-WAM code path will be gone. One point matters more than the rest: Windows...
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    Edge for Business Copilot Contextual Nudges Target November 2026: Admin Controls and Policy Guide

    Microsoft is adding another feature to the Copilot button in Edge for Business. Microsoft 365 roadmap item 537284, titled "Microsoft Edge: Adding contextual nudges to the Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat icon," says Edge for Business will soon help users quickly take contextual action on their open...
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    Microsoft Edge Canary Tests One-Click Full PDF Translation in a New Tab

    Microsoft Edge has offered PDF translation for a while, but only one highlighted passage at a time, which gets tedious fast on a long document. Edge Canary is now testing a feature that translates the whole PDF in one action and opens the result as a separate document. The feature was first...
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    Mozilla Says Windows Still Pushes Edge Outside Europe Despite Default Browser Choice

    Mozilla has marked 100 days since Over The Edge 2.0 with a pointed follow-up. Its argument is that Microsoft still steers Windows users toward Edge, and that the fairer behavior is mostly limited to the European Economic Area (EEA). This is Mozilla's account of events, not an independent audit...
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    Microsoft Edge Beta Gets AI ‘Fix an Issue’ Troubleshooter With Consent-Based Diagnostics

    Microsoft Edge has a new Settings page for when the browser misbehaves, and it now gives real answers instead of a blank screen. Windows Report tried the "Fix an issue" tool in Edge Beta on October 7, 2026. It now has a new interface: you can pick one of several common problems or describe your...
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    Edge for Business Browsing with Copilot: Admin Allow Lists, DLP and Preview Requirements

    Microsoft's AI plans for Edge for Business are no longer limited to a chat pane that summarizes the page you're reading. With Browsing with Copilot, the assistant can navigate websites and complete multi-step tasks for the user. That raises an obvious question for IT departments: how do you give...
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    How to Find RAM-Hungry Browser Tabs in Chrome, Edge and Firefox on Windows

    Your browser has a built-in task manager, and it can answer a question Windows Task Manager often can't: which tab is eating your RAM? XDA Developers writer Mahnoor Faisal recently rediscovered the tool on a four-year-old, 8GB MacBook Air. Her findings apply just as well to Windows laptops...
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    Microsoft Edge Commercial Journeys: AI Task Completion Preview Planned for November 2026

    Microsoft wants Edge to keep a running list of your unfinished work, and then help you finish it. A new entry on the Microsoft 365 roadmap (ID 561040) describes Commercial Journeys, an AI feature for Microsoft 365 Copilot users that would put pending tasks on the Copilot new tab page and walk...
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    Build Hybrid Browser AI on Windows: Code, Gemini Nano and Edge Phi-4-mini

    A common assumption in AI right now is that the smart move is to hand the whole job to the biggest model you can reach. Chris Green, technical director and senior consultant at Torque Partnership, argues against that in a piece published by Search Engine Journal (and first posted on his own...
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    AI Browsers Compared: Edge Copilot Controls, Chrome Gemini, Comet and Brave Privacy

    TechRepublic has published a comparison of five AI browsers: Google Chrome with Gemini, Perplexity Comet, Microsoft Edge with Copilot, Brave with Leo, and Dia. Its main argument is that browser AI now does more than summarize pages. The leading products can compare tabs, pull in data from...
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    How to Use Microsoft Edge Split Screen for Two Websites in One Tab

    Microsoft Edge Split Screen puts two web pages inside one browser tab, so you can compare information, copy details from a source into a form, or keep instructions visible while you work. It is a browser-level workspace—not the same thing as snapping two separate app windows in Windows—and it...
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    Microsoft Edge Tab Hover Cards to Show Memory Use and Discarded Tab Savings in 2026

    Microsoft Edge is preparing to make its tab hover cards more useful for people watching browser memory use. Roadmap item 571692, supplied as “Updated performance information in tab hover cards,” describes clearer information about a tab’s memory use and the memory saved when an inactive tab is...
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    Fix Prime Video Subtitles Not Working in Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 and 10

    Prime Video subtitles that disappear or refuse to turn on in Microsoft Edge are usually fixed by reselecting the caption track in the player, refreshing the Prime Video site data, and confirming that Edge is allowed to play protected content. This guide applies to the current Microsoft Edge on...
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    Manage Automatic Downloads in Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 and 10

    To control whether websites can download several files in succession in Microsoft Edge, use Edge’s Automatic downloads site permission. Leave Ask when a site tries to download multiple files automatically (recommended) turned on, then allow only the sites you trust or block sites that should...
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    Browser Secure DNS Can Bypass NextDNS and Pi-hole: How to Check and Fix It

    Many people assume a blocklist enforced by the router or the operating system covers every device and app on the network. A test published by MakeUseOf shows that isn't always true. Chrome, Edge and Firefox each have a built-in setting that can send DNS lookups around your DNS filter, and when...
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    Microsoft Edge IE Mode Update Disrupts Northern Ireland Optometry Referrals

    A browser update is causing trouble for patient care in Northern Ireland. Some optometrists there cannot reliably get into the Clinical Communication Gateway (CCG) eReferral system, which they use to send patients to hospital eye services. The system depends on Internet Explorer mode in...
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    Edge 154 Raises Unload Event Phase-Out to 80% of Page Loads

    Microsoft Edge 154.0.4258.37 is the new Stable-channel release, dated September 24, 2026 in Microsoft's release notes. It moves the phase-out of the web platform's unload event to 80% of page loads, removes Edge's code paths for Windows Information Protection and Microsoft Defender Application...
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    Microsoft Edge MV2 Phase-Out to Disable uBlock Origin by End of 2026

    Microsoft Edge is phasing out Manifest V2 (MV2) extensions for consumers, and the classic uBlock Origin ad blocker is built on MV2. Windows Central's Sean Endicott reports that uBlock Origin stopped working in his copy of Edge earlier this week, and he has switched to Brave and its built-in...
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    Microsoft Edge 151 Hides Title Bars in Window Overlay PWAs

    Microsoft’s September 21, 2026 Edge developer roundup brings new capabilities for accessible components, text editing, installed web apps, and debugging, while opening experimental paths for browser agents—giving web developers useful implementation work today, provided they separate released...