Monthly Archives: March 2021

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Windows 10 1809/1909: Preview Updates (March 25, 2021)

Posted on 2021-03-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released updates for Windows 10 version 1809 and 1909 as of March 26, 2021. These are updates that are supposed to fix bugs. For Windows 10 version 1909, the update is supposed to remove the Legacy Edge from … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 78.9.0

Posted on 2021-03-26 by guenni

[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 78.9.0 on March 23, 2021. This is a maintenance update for the 78 main version of the email client, which fixes various bugs and five vulnerabilities. Advertising

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Tor Browser 10.0.14

Posted on 2021-03-25 by guenni

[German]The Tor developers have released an update to version 10.0.14 of the Tor bundle. In the process, Firefox has been updated to 78.9.0esr and Tor to 0.4.5.7. NoScript is now version 11.2.3. Advertising

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PowerShell Script to uninstall Windows Updates, to fix March 2021 Printing issues

Posted on 2021-03-25 by guenni

[German]Windows March 2021 updates has caused a mess with printing issues (blue screens, graphic printing issues etc.). German blog reader Andy has written a PowerShell script to uninstall the problematic March 2021 updates in Windows 10 that are causing the … Continue reading →

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0patch fixes CVE-2021-26877 in the DNS server of Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted on 2021-03-24 by guenni

[German]ACROS Security has released a micropatch for the CVE-2021-26877 vulnerability in the Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS server. This vulnerability was patched by Microsoft in March 2021 via a security update. The 0patch solution is for people who do not … Continue reading →

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Firefox 87.0.0 and 78.9.0 ESR released

Posted on 2021-03-24 by guenni

[German]Mozilla's developers have released version 87.0.0 and 78.9.0 ESR of the Firefox browser on March 23, 2021. The FF 87 is a new development branch and the ESR is a security update that fixes vulnerabilities but also aims to fix … Continue reading →

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Windows 7/8.1/Server: Out-of-band Updates shall fix printing issues (March 2021)

Posted on 2021-03-23 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released new, out-of-band updates for Windows 7.1 SP1 and Windows 8.1 and their server counterparts, effective March 22, 2021. These are intended to fix the printing issues caused by the March 9, 2021 security updates. Advertising

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Windows 10: March 2021 update released again?

Posted on 2021-03-22 by guenni

[German]It looks like the March 2021 updates for Windows 10, which have been revised several times and stopped at the weekend, have been re-released. Here's a bit of information on the subject. Advertising

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Windows 10: Is Edge coming as new spyware?

Posted on 2021-03-22 by guenni

[German]Let's  hope that the plans will quickly disappear into the drawer. In the latest Canary builds of the Edge browser, there is an option to share the history of visited websites in Edge with "other Windows features". True, reasons could … Continue reading →

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Class action lawsuit against HP over blocked cartridges

Posted on 2021-03-22 by guenni

[German]A small addendum to a topic that I've had on my scratch sheet for a few weeks now. The printer manufacturer Hewlett Packard (HP) has been annoying users lately by blocking the use of third-party ink or toner through firmware … Continue reading →

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