AWS appstream2 documentation change
Summary
Updated Windows client installation steps: Removed SmartScreen warning handling, reordered steps, added USB driver installation details, and simplified UAC prompts.
Security assessment
Changes focus on installation flow and component selection rather than addressing security vulnerabilities. The removed SmartScreen warning step was a security-related user guidance, but there's no evidence this change addresses a specific vulnerability.
Diff
diff --git a/appstream2/latest/developerguide/client-application-windows-installation-user.md b/appstream2/latest/developerguide/client-application-windows-installation-user.md index ba4310803..78f923d52 100644 --- a/appstream2/latest/developerguide/client-application-windows-installation-user.md +++ b/appstream2/latest/developerguide/client-application-windows-installation-user.md @@ -17 +17 @@ Contact your network administrator if nothing happens when you double-click the - 3. If a message notifies you that Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting, choose the **More info** link. For **App** , verify that **AmazonAppStreamClientSetup_** <`version-number`>**.exe** is displayed, and then choose **Run anyway**. + 3. The installation wizard displays links to the AWS Customer Agreement, AWS Service Terms, and the AWS Privacy Notice, and third-party notices. Review this information, and then choose **Next**. @@ -19 +19 @@ Contact your network administrator if nothing happens when you double-click the - 4. The installation wizard displays links to the AWS Customer Agreement, AWS Service Terms, and the AWS Privacy Notice, and third-party notices. Review this information, and then choose **Next**. + 4. On the **Client Diagnostics** page, to enable the AppStream 2.0 client to automatically upload device logs to help with troubleshooting issues, keep **Client logging** selected, and then choose **Next**. @@ -21 +21 @@ Contact your network administrator if nothing happens when you double-click the - 5. On the **Client Diagnostics** page, to enable the AppStream 2.0 client to automatically upload device logs to help with troubleshooting issues, keep **Client logging** selected, and then choose **Next**. + 5. On the **Optional Components** page, to enable your USB devices to be used with streaming applications, select the **AppStream 2.0 Client USB Driver** check box, and then choose **Finish**. @@ -23 +23 @@ Contact your network administrator if nothing happens when you double-click the - 6. On the **Optional Components** page, to enable your USB devices to be used with streaming applications, select the **AppStream 2.0 Client USB Driver** check box, and then choose **Finish**. + 6. If the **AppStream 2.0 USB driver** wizard setup wizard opens, choose **Install**. @@ -25 +25 @@ Contact your network administrator if nothing happens when you double-click the - 7. If the **AppStream 2.0 USB driver** wizard setup wizard opens, choose **Install**. + 7. If prompted by **User Account Control** to choose whether to allow the app to make changes to your device, choose **Yes**. @@ -27,3 +27 @@ Contact your network administrator if nothing happens when you double-click the - 8. If prompted by **User Account Control** to choose whether to allow the app to make changes to your device, choose **Yes**. - - 9. When a message notifies you that the USB driver installation is complete, choose **Close**. + 8. When a message notifies you that the USB driver installation is complete, choose **Close**.