Monthly Archives: August 2018

Windows 7/8.1 Preview Rollup Updates KB4343894, KB4343891 (August 30, 2018)

[German]Microsoft has released the preview rollups KB4343894 for Windows 7 SP1 and KB4343891 for Windows 8.1 as of August 30, 2018. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Windows 10: Update KB4346783, KB4343893, KB4343889, KB4343884 (08/30/2018)

[German]Microsoft has released the updates KB4346783, KB4343893, KB4343889 and KB4343884 for various Windows 10 builds as of August 30, 2018. Here is an overview.

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CCleaner V 5.46 with improved data settings

[German]Another brief information about CCleaner. Piriform has released a new CCleaner version 5.46. This releases should improved data settings. I received the information yesterday by press release. Here is some information.

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Firmware update Surface Studio/Surface Pro

[German]Microsoft has shipped some firmware updates to its Surface Studio and also to its Surface Pro (LTE version). The updates are aimed to improve stability and fixes bugs.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Security: TPM vulnerable; and dump mode for Intel ME

[German]Currently, two security issues are on the agenda. Meanwhile, an approach is known to get full access to the Intel Management Engine (Intel ME). And two attack methods on TPM chips from computers have become known.

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Intel graphics driver update for Windows 10

Intel has updated its graphics driver for Windows 10 to version 24.20.100.6286. This update brings some bug fixes, including a fix for YouTube video playback issues.

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New Microsoft Office vulnerabilities?

[German]It seems that all versions of Microsoft Office contains vulnerabilities caused by embedded objects that can be used to execute (remote) code on a local machine. Here is an overview of the topic – as information for admins in business/corporate … Continue reading

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Updates KB4343205 and KB4343900 blocks Single sign-on

[German]Just a brief addendum to the August 14, 2018 patchday: Updates KB4343205 and KB4343900 blocks Single sign-on (SSO) and causes trouble even with terminal servers.

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Nonsense Project: Windows 95 as an App

[German]Another short topic that has already been circulated and cheered on in blogs last week. It is now possible to run Windows 95 as an app on other operating systems such as Linux, macOS and Windows. I took a quick … Continue reading

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Will Microsoft pull July/August 2018 Microcode updates?

[German]Does Microsoft withdraw or replace Intel Microcode updates for Windows released in July/August 2018? Here are a few things I've compiled with the request for feedback, maybe there is an explanation.

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