Microsoft releases Silverlight5.2

As part of the patch on Tuesday, May 8, Microsoft quietly released a small Silverlight update for everyone. The new version (Microsoft called it 5.1, but it is actually 5.2) is the first Silverlight update released by Microsoft since Silverlight5.0 was launched in last December. Fans of Silverlight don't have to be too excited. You can use this 5.2 update

As part of the patch on Tuesday, May 8, Microsoft quietly released a small Silverlight update for everyone. The new version (Microsoft called it 5.1, but it is actually 5.2) is the first Silverlight update released by Microsoft since the launch of Silverlight last December in 5.0. Fans of Silverlight don't have to be too excited. You can use this 5.2 update

As part of the patch on Tuesday, May 8, Microsoft quietly released a small Silverlight update for everyone. The new version (Microsoft called it 5.1, but it is actually 5.2) is the first Silverlight update released by Microsoft since the launch of Silverlight last December in 5.0.

Silverlight fans do not have to be too excited. You should regard this 5.2 update as Microsoft's efforts to promote the development of Silverlight browser plug-ins, Web, desktop and mobile development platforms. Microsoft may also suddenly advance the version numbers of some products, which has happened in IE, microsoft has also released a security update and vulnerability fix patch and upgrade version for IE as part of its Tuesday patch.

What are the new features of Silverlight 5.2? We have listed them below. According to Microsoft, they include improvements in performance, reliability, and security.

• Microsoft Knowledge Base
• 2636927 MS12-034
• Fixed the issue where the "Best Effort" Silverlight Digital copyright Management Output Protection (Silverlight Digital Rights Management Output Protection) level fails on some machines.
• Solve the problem that the OOB (out of the box) Application trusted by the browser cannot be updated.
• Fixed the problem of permanent credential failure after the user upgraded from Silverlight 4 to Silverlight 5.
• Solve the Silverlight application crash caused by some character combinations
• Fixed some issues where Output Protection is required but content cannot be displayed.
• Fixed the problem that some users encountered hardware ID mismatch and could only solve the Silverlight DRM problem through re-personalization.

Since Silverlight 5, Microsoft official staff have been reluctant to disclose the future version of Silverlight. Both inside and outside the company, Microsoft said that Silverlight 5 (and various small updates) will be the final major update of the platform. Microsoft said in last December that it would not give up its support for Silverlight 5 until 2021.

From: zdnet

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