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Monthly Archives: February 2023
Windows Server 2022: VMware ESXi 7.0 U3k Patch for Secure Boot Issue (Update KB5022842, Feb. 2023)
[German]VMware released VMware ESXi 7.0 U3k on Feb. 21, 2023, to address the Secure Boot issue of VMs. The background was that with the Feb. 14, 2023 patchday, an installed security update (KB5022842) for Windows Server 2022 prevented virtual machines … Continue reading
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Tagged ESCi, issue, Patchday 2.2023, Update, Virtualization, Windows Server 2022
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Outlook.com inboxes flooded with SPAM (Feb. 20, 2023)
[German]If your Outlook inboxes (outlook.com, live.com etc.) has been flooded with SPAM today, February 20, 2023, the good news is "you was not alone". Something must have happened at Microsoft and someone switches off the SPAM filters so that mailboxes … Continue reading
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Licensing hooks: MS SQL Server license increased by factor 3, and user-based Oracle Java SE licenses
[German]Today a nice article about how Microsoft and Oracle are pulling customers you around the arena by a nose ring. Blame the licensing thing. Depending on your view, it's either love or hate. Some will happily donate their money for … Continue reading
Windows Server 2022 Feb. 2023 Patchday: Secure Boot issues also on bare metal systems!
[German]With the security update KB5022842 released on February 14, 2023 for Windows Server 2022, a problem can occur during the second restart. Machines can subsequently no longer start after a reboot and either can no longer find their system drives, … Continue reading
Posted in issue, Update, Windows
Tagged issues, Patchday 2.2023, Update, Windows Server 2022
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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Caution: Exposed Wi Fi password in Windows
[German]Maybe it is common knowledge – I was not aware of it: Locally logged in users can retrieve the password of a Wi Fi (WLAN) under Windows if it was entered under the same user account. This does not require … Continue reading
Is Microsoft working on Windows 12 and Windows Server 2025?
[German]It's clear that Microsoft is already developing successors to Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2022. Now, however, the first hints have come to my attention that there might be a Windows 12 and a Windows Server 2025. So there is … Continue reading
An exchanged computer locks users out of Microsoft OneDrive account and prevented to register MS Office..
[German]It's a rather crude case that German blog reader Thomas has just put "on the table" for me. There was a need to change the computer running Windows – I don't know the details. Following this action, the user found … Continue reading
Parallels Desktop: Authorizes Windows 11 on Mac M1 processors
Microsoft has authorized Arm versions of Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise for the Mac with Apple silicon for use in a virtual machine hosted with Parallels Desktop for Mac. IT administrators can now allow their users to run Windows 11 … Continue reading
Windows Server 20212 R2 (Essentials): Feb. 2023 updates drops install error 0x800F0922
[German]I got several reports from administrators that the February 2023 security updates to Windows Server 20212 R2 (and Windows 8.1) are causing issues and the installation is aborting with error 0x800F0922. With Windows 8.1 it is clear, because of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Error, Patchday 2.2023, Update, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 (R2)
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Fortinet fixes critical RCE vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb
[German]Administrators of Fortinet's FortiNAC and FortiWeb need to take action. The vendor released a security advisory this week and fixed critical RCE vulnerabilities. The question that arises: Why only now, isn't the vulnerability CVE-2021-42756 probably known since 2021? Is there … Continue reading