Monthly Archives: February 2026

New Chrome Setting Which Blocks Local Network Access for Web Apps

Fixing Chrome and Edge Local Network Access Breaks Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera) have introduced a Local Network Access permission model that can block or prompt when a website tries to reach local IPs (private ranges like 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x, 172.16-31.x.x, and sometimes loopback). In real-world support, this can falsely stop internal web […]

Apple Mobile Device Drivers on Windows

  Understanding Apple Mobile Device Drivers on Windows If you support Windows systems in an enterprise or helpdesk environment, you have almost certainly run into issues where an iPhone or iPad simply refuses to appear when connected by USB. The device charges, but it does not show up in File Explorer, iTunes, or management tools. […]

Controlled Folder Access

Windows Controlled Folder Access: How It Works, What It Does, and How to Turn It On or Off Controlled Folder Access (CFA) is a Windows security feature in Microsoft Defender designed to help stop ransomware and other untrusted apps from changing files in important folders. If you support Windows endpoints (or you are building a […]