Monthly Archives: January 2022

Ubuntu 21.04: Support ends January 20, 2022

Posted on 2022-01-14 by guenni

Small hint for people who are still using Ubuntu 21.04. This was released on April 22, 2021, as you can read here. According to this page, support expires in January 2022 – 9too4linux.com has it a bit more precise in … Continue reading →

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Firefox 96.0 und 91.5.0 esr; Issues with web site access – but it's fixed now

Posted on 2022-01-13 by guenni

[German]Mozilla developers have released version 96.0.0 with some new features and 95.5.0esr of the Firefox browser on January 11, 2022. However, with the new Firefox 96 there was problems accessing various websites. Here is the information on how to fix … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (January 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-13 by guenni

[German]On January 11, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. RCE vulnerabilities will be closed again. For Microsoft Access, the bug from December 2021 is fixed … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird 91.5.0

Posted on 2022-01-13 by guenni

[German]Small addendum: The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.5.0 on January 11, 2022. This is a maintenance update for the 91 development branch, which makes numerous fixes. Here is a brief overview.

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

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Windows Server 2012/R2: January 2022 Update KB5009586 bricks Hyper-V Host

Posted on 2022-01-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft Hyper-V users running Windows Server 2012/R2 should be cautious about installing update security update KB5009586 or KB5009624 for Windows Server 2012/R2. The security updates released on January 11, 2022 have several unpleasant collateral damages at once. After installing the … Continue reading →

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Windows VPN connections (L2TP over IPSEC) broken after January 2022 update

Posted on 2022-01-12 by guenni

[German]The security updates for Windows released on January 11, 2022 have a very unpleasant collateral damage. All users who rely on VPN connections with L2TP over IPSEC will no longer work after installing the updates in question. Here is an … Continue reading →

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Windows Server: January 2022 security updates are causing DC boot loop

Posted on 2022-01-12 by guenni

[German]I'll pull it out separately as a blog post. Administrators of Windows Domain Controllers should be careful about installing the January 2022 security updates. I have now received numerous reports that Windows servers acting as domain controllers will not boot … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (January 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-12 by guenni

[German]On January 11, 2 Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 7 SP1 systems that are still in ESU support. Also with ESU Bypass v11 the whole thing still works. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 11 Updates (January 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-12 by guenni

[German]On January 11, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which was released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various issues. Here are some … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (January 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-12 by guenni

[German]On January 11, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) were released. Here are some details about each of the Patchday … Continue reading →

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