Monthly Archives: April 2019

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April 2019 updates freezes Windows 7, 8.1, 10 & Server

Posted on 2019-04-11 by guenni

[German]Microsofts updates for Windows, released on April 9, 2019, are causing issues in Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, if third party antivirus software from Sophos, AVAST and Avira is installed. Advertising

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Patchday Windows 10-Updates (April 9, 2019)

Posted on 2019-04-10 by guenni

[English]On April 9, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about each update. Advertising

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (April 9, 2019)

Posted on 2019-04-10 by guenni

[German]On April 9, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates. Advertising

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Chrome 73 shows “Managed by your Organization”

Posted on 2019-04-09 by guenni

Some users of the Google Chrome browser will see a "Managed by your Organization" command in the menu. Here is some information on why this is harmless. Advertising

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Windows 10: White bar on upper corner (dual screen mode)

Posted on 2019-04-09 by guenni

[German]In Windows 10 there seems to be a display issue in dual-screen mode, in both version 1803 and 1809. Users complain about a white or black bar at the top of the screen. Advertising

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End of Life for Microsoft products (April 9, 2019, July 9, 2019)

Posted on 2019-04-09 by guenni

On tomorrow's patchday, April 9, 2019, some Microsoft Windows versions will receive security updates for the last time and reach the 'End of Life'. The same is true for some SQL Server products that will be dropped from support in … Continue reading →

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Operating System/Windows Share (March 2019)

Posted on 2019-04-09 by guenni

April is already a few days old. Nevertheless, here are the figures for the operating system and Windows distribution on the desktop at the end of March 2019. Advertising

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Windows 10 V1809: Changes removal policy for USB media

Posted on 2019-04-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has made changes to the policies for USB media that affect Windows 10 version 1809 and later. The policies for USB media are now set to 'Quick Remove' by default. Advertising

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Sophos false alarms (April 2019)

Posted on 2019-04-08 by guenni

Administrators using Sophos security solutions may have been bothered by a number of false positives alarms within the recent days. If this is fixed now, the reason is known. Advertising

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Windows 10 V1809: Does proxy.pac kills startmenu search?

Posted on 2019-04-08 by guenni

[German]A brief  question to admins in enterprise environments using Windows 10 V1809 in combination with a proxy.pac. Are there issues with the Windows startmenu search hanging when a proxy.pac configuration file is used? Advertising

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