Monthly Archives: January 2022

Installing Windows 10/11 in Hyper-V 2nd Generation

[German]Installing Windows 10 or Windows 11 in virtual environments can present some challenges. Depending on the hypervisor, the installation may even fail completely. Blog reader Thomas S. emailed me back in December 2021 with his experiences installing Windows 10 as … Continue reading

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Edge 97.0.1072.69

[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge browser to version Edge 97.0.1072.69 as of January 20, 2022 (thanks to the reader for pointing this out). This is a security update that addresses security vulnerabilities. Microsoft lists the release notes for Microsoft … Continue reading

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SonicWall Gen7 Firewall Inaccessible/ Reboot Loop (Jan. 20, 2022)

[German]Currently, it seems like the SonicWall Gen7 Firewalls have been causing an issue since January 20, 2022. There are reports that access is no longer possible or the Gen7 firewall falls into a reboot loop. There is already a support … Continue reading

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Microsoft 365: Shared Mailboxes not updating (Jan. 2022)

[German]There currently seems to be massive issues with shared mailboxes on Microsoft 365 not being able to update automatically since January 2022. A blog reader alerted me to the problem on Jan. 20, 2022, but there are more reports about … Continue reading

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

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Windows 10: Outlook search broken again or fixed by Microsoft? (Jan. 2022)

[German]Are you experiencing still (or again) issues with Outlook desktop search on Windows 10, after installing the January 2022 updates? I got reports from German blog readers about this issue (mails couln't be found). On the other hand, there is … Continue reading

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Windows January 2022 security updates for cURL vulnerability CVE-2021-22947 – a tough task for security reporters

[German]As of January 11, 2022, Microsoft has closed the CVE-2021-22947 vulnerability in Windows 10, Windows 11 and their server counterparts with various security updates. The CVE-2021-22947 vulnerability affects the Curl library and was reported by German security researcher Stefan Kanthak … Continue reading

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Access lock bug caused by Microsoft Office updates (January 11, 2022)

[German]The security updates that Microsoft rolled out for Microsoft Office in January 2022 are once again causing problems with Microsoft Access. Only one user can still access the databases. This problem already existed with the December 2021 updates for Office. … Continue reading

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Firefox 96.0.2 released

[German]On January 20, 2022, Mozilla developers released version 96.0.2 as a maintenance update of the Firefox browser to correct various bugs.

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Out-of-Band Updates for Windows (Jan. 17/18, 2022) doesn't fixes ReFS Issues complete

[German]The security updates for Windows released by Microsoft on January 11, 2022 resulted in the loss of support for the ReFS file system and disks being displayed as RAW. As of January 17 and 18, 2022, Microsoft has released special … Continue reading

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Cyberattack on Red Cross, data of 515,000 vulnerable people compromised

[German]This week, a sophisticated cyberattack on servers storing information belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was discovered week. The attack compromised personal data and confidential information on more than 515,000 vulnerable people. The data came from … Continue reading

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