For those of you who have the Windows 8.1 Preview installed on the Surface Pro, or Windows RT 8.1 Preview on the Surface RT, simply swipe in from the right edge of the screen and tap Settings. By design Edge does not support Active-X (or Browser Helper Objects); this is good from a security perspective, but bad if you want to use OWA with Edge. Windows 10/Edge is a work in progress, Microsoft is planning to use other technologies to replace Active-X sometime in the future. In the meantime use Internet Explorer 11. Windows 8.x and Windows RT WSR can be used to control the Metro user interface in Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT with commands to open the Charms bar ('Press Windows C'); to dictate or display commands in Metro-style apps ('Press Windows Z'); to perform tasks in apps (e.g., 'Change to Celsius' in MSN Weather ); and to display all. Remote Desktop app works pretty well. Oh wow, this is a really clever idea. I've been monekying around with IE and the website/program and I've got it functioning enough for the use we plan it for (I need to run downstairs sometimes and enter new cases into our database with the tablet, then I do all the real work on a desktop - we use HUGE IBM laptops for that right now). Windows Operating System Windows 8.1 RT Item Weight 1.5 pounds Product Dimensions 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches Item Dimensions LxWxH 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 inches Color Dark Titanium Rear Webcam Resolution 6 MP Processor Brand NVIDIA Processor Count 4 Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM Flash Memory Size 32 GB Hard Drive Interface ATA-4.
Utilizing your CAC on Windows 10 'can' be as easy as..
Installing the DoD Root certificates and making sure the Internet Options are set correctly.
However, computers don't always cooperate with us. So..
Here are my findings and solutions:
Information: Edge is the default web browser in Windows 10. Internet Explorer is on the computer and provides backwards compatibility for web pages that do not work with Edge.
My recommendation is to type: Internet Explorer into the Search the web and Windows/ I'm Cortana / Ask me anything (box) in the lower left corner of your screen. Once Internet Explorer appears, right click Internet Explorer and select Pin to taskbar.
Finding 1:You upgraded from Windows 8.1 and were using your CAC with little to no problems, and now you can't access CAC enabled sites. Keep reading for ideas to try:
Solution1 (built-In Smart Card Ability): Uninstall ActivClient 6.2.0.x or 7.0.1.x by 'Right Clicking' the Windows logo '4 squares' [in the lower left corner of your desktop], select Programs and Features (now called Apps and Features), find ActivClient in your list of programs and select Uninstall, restart your computer and try the sites again. It may work, if it doesn't, try next Solution. Dual persona (PIV) users might be able to access their email using the built in Smart Card Ability, your results may vary, if it doesn't read your PIV, you will need to follow Finding 1, Solutions 2 or 3 below.
Finding 1, Solution2 (ActivID): ActivID ActivClient 7.1.0.153 works great on Windows 10 computers and is available for Army users from links on the Army page. All other people will have to get it from you respective branch or purchase it to try it on your computer.
Finding 2. I can't access encrypted emails when using theEdge web browser
Solution 2: The Edge web browser does not support S/MIME. See my recommendation above to see how to use Internet Explorer to read and send your encrypted emails when using OWA / webmail.
Information (from Microsoft): To understand the problem with OWA, Edge, and S/MIME you need to know the OWA S/MIME is an Active-X control. By design Edge does not support Active-X (or Browser Helper Objects); this is good from a security perspective, but bad if you want to use OWA with Edge. Windows 10/Edge is a work in progress, Microsoft is planning to use other technologies to replace Active-X sometime in the future. In the meantime use Internet Explorer 11.
Finding 3.I can't sign PDFs (Portable Document Format) like I did in Windows 8.1
Solution 3:To digitally sign PDFs, you need to use Internet Explorer, NOT the Edge web browser, and have Adobe Reader set as the default PDF viewer. NO other PDF readers will allow digitally signing of forms. This should happen automatically when installing Adobe Reader. However, if it doesn't, here is how to change the default viewer:
Type: 'default' into the Search the web and Windows/ I'm Cortana / Ask me anything (box) near the Windows logo at the bottom left of your screen.
Click: Default Programs at the top of the list.
Click: Associate a file type or protocol with a program.
Scroll down to .pdf, if it shows Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is set correctly, if it shows some other program, select .pdf and click the Change program. (button) in the upper right corner of the screen.
The (1) remoteglob function in sftp-glob.c and the (2) processput function in sftp.c in OpenSSH 5.8 and earlier, as used in FreeBSD 7.3 and 8.1, NetBSD 5.0.2, OpenBSD 4.7, and other products, allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted glob expressions that do not match any pathnames. Is a symlink to ssh. Is an rlogin / rsh-like client program except it uses an encrypted protocol. Is a daemon that listens for ssh login requests. Is a tool which adds keys to the ssh-agent. Is an authentication agent that can store private keys. Is a key generation tool.
'Adobe Acrobat Reader' should be in the list of choices, select it and then OK
Finding 4.How do I get to Internet Options in Edge? I can't find it.
Solution 4: Follow slide 5 of https://milcac.us/tweaks
Finding 5.Cannot see / select the Authentication / PIV certificate in Windows 10
Solution 5: Windows 10 users will see the certificate selection differently than older versions of Windows. Click More choices to see additional certificates. Select the correct certificate and then click OK.
[German]It seems that users of Windows RT systems has to say goodbye to their devices. The Internet Explorer shipped with Windows RT / 8.1 as a browser no longer can be used to access Microsoft accounts. The browser is outdated.
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Warnings that browser support is about to expire
Already in February 2020 a user in the US-Surface-Forum under Microsoft Answers complained that his Surface RT tablet with Windows 8.1 RT would soon be useless.
Surface RT Piece of useless ****!!
OK, so I have a Surface RT running windows 8.1. And I, like every other poor unfortunate ‘Surface RT’ owner/user, am being continually informed by numerous different web platforms that my browser is soon to become obsolete and so I need to change/update to a newer compatible browser!? Suggestions given for this are ‘Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Opera’, any of which I would be happy to use! Unfortunately, my ‘Surface RT’ doesn’t seem to share my willingness for change!? In fact it flatly refuses to give any consideration for this required change!! Basically, it just keeps telling me that it won’t run that App, or that App, or any **** App in the vast world of Apps that seem to be compatible with every other OS but this useless ‘Surface RT’ piece of ****!!! Therefore please explain how I am supposed to address this situation, in order for me to be able to continue using this ‘Surface RT’!!?? And if you are going to inform me that it is not possible to update this system you had better include in your response a list of the computers that you will be replacing it with!!!!!!!!!
Already in February he received more and more warnings from websites that his browser would soon no longer be supported. A browser update was suggested – which is not possible with Windows RT/8.1. If you search the internet, more and more users complaining already in 2019 that Internet Explorer under Windows RT was hardly usable for surfing (crashes, the browser was reported as outdated etc.).
No more access to Microsoft accounts
Then a few hours ago I came across the following tweet from Zack Bowden, which outlines the problem. The Windows RT device owners can no longer access the Microsoft web page of their Microsoft account.
lol you can no longer access Microsoft’s account website on Windows RT pic.twitter.com/4GgGRL8UZb
— Zac Bowden (@zacbowden) May 10, 2020
The user is informed that Internet Explorer in Windows RT no longer meets the minimum security requirements. The user should update the browser to continue accessing the information. The only problem is that there is no browser update for Windows RT/8.1. And this although Windows RT 8.1 should be supported until 2023.
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Microsoft Edge Browser For Surface Rt
Barb Bowman states in this tweet, that for some people the Sidekick browser from the Microsoft Store still works when installed as an app on Windows RT 8.1. This is discussed in this Microsoft Answers forum thread.
Browser For Windows Rt 8.1
In September 2019 there was an issue – an update disabled a certificate, so the browser did not work anymore. I had reported that in the blog post Surface RT/Surface 2: Update KB4516067 revokes certificates.
Windows Rt Edge Browser
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