 If you're one of the people who own a stylus or touchscreen-capable Windows PC, then there's a high chance there's a file on your computer that has slowly collected sensitive data for the past months or even years. This file is named WaitList.dat, and according to Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) expert Barnaby Skeggs, this file is only found on touchscreen-capable Windows PCs where the user has enabled the handwriting recognition feature [1, 2] that automatically translates stylus/touchscreen scribbles into formatted text. The handwriting to formatted text conversion feature has been added in Windows 8, which means the WaitList.dat file has been around for years. The role of this file is to store text to help Windows improve its handwriting recognition feature, in order to recognize and suggest corrections or words a user is using more often than others. "In my testing, the population of WaitList.dat commences after you begin using handwriting gestures," Skeggs told ZDNet in an interview. "This 'flicks the switch' (registry key) to turn the text harvester functionality (which generates WaitList.dat) on." "Once it is on, text from every document and email which is indexed by the Windows Search Indexer service is stored in WaitList.dat. More can be found on OUR FORUM.  Microsoft just released a new patch for Windows 10 with minor improvements. If you’re on Windows 10 April 2018 Update, KB4464218 is now available for you. The direct download links for Windows 10 KB4464218 are also available so you can use them to upgrade all your PCs at the same time. If you install Windows 10 KB4464218, your system would advance to Build 17134.286 and you may not notice any new changes. Windows 10 Build 17134.286 fixes only one bug and Microsoft is not aware of any known issues in this release. The latest patch for Windows 10 April 2010 Update is expected to be flawless as the build comes with no bugs. If your PC is on Windows 10 version 1803, Build 17134.286 should show up in Windows Update and the download process will run correctly without any issues. If you’re planning to install the update manually, keep in mind that you’re supposed to install the patch for correct version of Windows 10. If you don’t know your system configuration (32-bit or 64-bit), open Settings -> System and click on About to see system type. You can simply double-click the .msu file that you downloaded from Microsoft’s catalog website and install the patch for Windows 10. Changelog and download links can be found on OUR FORUM.  If you have enrolled in the beta version of Twitter -- and, in some instances, even if you haven't -- you may well have noticed the appearance of Twitter bug reporter icon in the Android status bar. It very likely annoys you, and you probably want to get rid of it. Hunt through the app's settings, and you'll find nothing that relates to the icon. So, what can you do? You could move away from the official Twitter app and try one of the third-party options, but you may not want to. Read on to find out how to stick with the app you've come to know and love (perhaps) and banish the Twitter bug reporter icon once and for all. Quite why the icon appears seems to be a little random. For some people it appears because they're taking part in the beta program, testing out new features. For others, it just randomly appears in the main, non-beta version of the app. For some people, installing an update is all it takes to get rid of the irritating icon, while for others, it is rather more persistent. But there's a simple way to hide the icon and prevent it from ever bothering you again: We have the workaround posted on OUR FORUM. |
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