Windows 11 24H2: Issues with VPN connections, Direct Access …

Posted on 2024-10-16 by guenni

Windows[German]Since the general release of Microsoft Windows 11 24H2, I have been receiving reports of problems with VPN connections (CheckPoint VPN, WireGuard, Direct Access). I'll summarize some of these reports in one post, also to get a picture of whether they are just isolated cases or whether more people are affected.

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Windows 11 24H2: SMB read/write transfer rate extremely slow?

Posted on 2024-10-15 by guenni

Windows[German]I would like to discuss an observation made by a blog reader about Microsoft Windows 11 24H2. This reader has noticed that the transfer rates for reading and writing via SMB have become abysmal since he updated his machine to the new Windows 11 version. Maybe someone from the readership has an idea what is going on.

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Windows 11 24H2: Activation lost?

Posted on 2024-10-14 by guenni

Windows[German]I'm posting an observation here in the blog that I've come across several times. When upgrading to Windows 11 24H2, some users seem to lose their activation. I would be interested to know whether this is just an isolated case or whether more users from the readership are experiencing this.

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Windows 11 24H2: Administrative templates (.admx)

Posted on 2024-10-13 by guenni

Windows[German]A short note for administrators of Windows systems in corporate environments. Microsoft has already published the administrative templates for Windows 11 24H2 for download. This should enable the group policies for the new client operating system to be updated.

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Windows 11 24H2: Serious issues after upgrade

Posted on 2024-10-12 by guenni

Windows[German]After upgrading to Windows 11 24H2, some users experience very unpleasant surprises. In addition to bugs already documented by Microsoft, new errors are occurring. The sfc /scannow command displays corrupt files. Or 8.63 GB of data that cannot be deleted by disk cleanup accumulates in the update cache. Let me summarize some of the findings I have come across.

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Word bug fix: Documents with # or capital letters in the name were deleted

Posted on 2024-10-11 by guenni

[German]Small addendum from October 8, 2024 – on this date, Microsoft fixed a bug in certain versions of Word that caused documents with a # in the file name or capital letters in the file name extension to be deleted on exit.

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VMware Tools 12.5.0 released

Posted on 2024-10-10 by guenni

[German]VMware by Broadcom has released VMware Tools 12.5.0 for its virtualization platform VMware Workstation version 17.6 on October 8, 2024.

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (October 8, 2024)

Posted on 2024-10-10 by guenni

Update[German]On October 8, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Below you will find an overview of the available updates.

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Patchday: Windows Server 2012 / R2 and Windows 7 (October 8, 2024)

Posted on 2024-10-09 by guenni

Windows[German]Various security updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 (1st ESU year) were published on October 8, 2024. Support for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 expired in January 2024. However, updates for Windows Embedded Standard 7 can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 and Windows Embedded Standard 7

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022-Updates (October 8, 2024)

Posted on 2024-10-09 by guenni

Windows[German]On October 8, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 21H2 to 24H2. Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2 are therefore no longer supported. Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 23H2 also received updates. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and problems.

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