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Monthly Archives: February 2020
Windows 10: Issues with Defender/Ransomware protection
[German]In Windows 10 there is the Defender, which has an option to protect against ransomware. German blog readers Dekre and Markus contacted me the last days by email to point out inconsistencies.
Edge is probably causing a 2 finger touchpad scroll issue
[German]Just a brief information: It's about Windows 10 notebooks on which there were issues with recognizing the 2-finger scrolling on the trackpad, which was recognized as a mouse click. The reason seems to be the chromium based Edge.
Intune: ‘Remove built-in Windows app’ setting explained
[German]In the Microsoft Intune (Azure) is a new setting option 'Remove built-in Windows app'. With this option administrators are able to remove built-in apps from a Windows 10 install. ### The article ist outdated, MS has removed the described feature. … Continue reading
Operating-System/Browser share (January 2020)
[German]It's early February 2020, and Windows 7 has reached end of support. Time to take a look at the current market shares of desktop operating systems as of the end of January 2020.
Surface Pro 7/Laptop 3: Update causes 640 x 480 Mode issue
[German]A graphics driver update for the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 and the Surface Laptop 3, dated January 30, 2020, causes some users to have a graphics resolution of only 640 x 480 pixels at the DisplayPort.
Microsoft Teams down due to certificate failure (Feb. 3, 2020)
[German]Microsoft's Teams services are currently down (February 3, 2020, since 2.40 pm). The reason is an certificate issue, that blocks the access to the teams account.
Outlook.com Premium Portal will be shutdown Feb. 2020
[German]A brief note for users of Outlook.com Premium that Microsoft will shutdown the associated portal End of February 2020. Personalized e-mail addresses will require an Office 365 Home or Premium subscription as of February 28, 2020.
Windows 10 V1909 Enterprise: Telemetry can be deactivated
[German]The transfer of telemetry data to Microsoft can be completely disabled in Windows 10 Enterprise November 2019 Update (Version 1909). This is the result of an analysis by the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision.
Reactivate Microsoft Office Equation Editor 3.0
[German]On January 9, 2018, Microsoft released security updates for Microsoft Office. Subsequently, users discovered that the formula editor was missing in Word or other Office modules. Here is some information and a solution how to get the Equation editor back.
Windows 10 VMs with Legacy Edge Browser for tests
[German]A brief hint for people who still need the old Edge Browser. Microsoft has just released virtual machines with Windows 10 and old Edge Browser for testing purposes.