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Yearly Archives: 2025
Amazon Web Service outage brought half of the Internet down
[German]On October 20, 2025, an outage of Amazon Web Service servers in Virginia (USA) killed nearly half of the web, due to a single point of failure. I got informed by a German reader at 9:30 a.m. CET about an … Continue reading
October 2025 update causes smart card issues
[German]Addendum from last week, where security updates for Windows Clients and Windows Server were rolled out on October 14, 2025. Microsoft has admitted that these security updates cause problems with smart cards. Under certain circumstances, these may no longer be … Continue reading
Windows 10/11: USB keyboard/mouse doesn't work properly in WinRE
[German]A brief update from this week. Blog reader Ingo contacted me immediately after Patch Day because he had encountered issues with his mouse in Win RE. Microsoft has now officially confirmed that there may be issues with USB keyboards and … Continue reading
Microsoft Office 2016/2019 End of Life; Keep it safe or say goodbye
[German]On October 14, 2025, Microsoft Office 2016 and 2019 has expired and Microsoft will no longer provide support for them. This is an opportunity to think about your situation. You could continue to use these versions securely for another five … Continue reading
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 ...
Windows 11 24H2: SenseShield Upgrade Stopper removed
[German]Windows systems that had the SenseShield driver sprotect.sys installed could not previously run Windows 11 24H2—they experienced blue screens and crashes. The problem has now been solved, and Microsoft has lifted the upgrade blocker for Windows 11 24H2 that was … Continue reading
Windows 11 will become (still optional) an "AI PC" that you can talk to
[German]Microsoft had been announcing it as a "big event" for days—now it's clear what they meant. All computers running Windows 11 (probably 24H2 / 25H2) are to be upgraded with AI functions to become AI companions that "users can talk … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2-25H2/Server 2025: Microsoft confirms issue with IIS/localhost, offers KIR solution
[German]Update KB5066835 from October 14, 2025 (as well as the preview update from September) for Windows 11 24H2-25H2 and Windows Server 2025, comes with a bug. This causes Internet Information Server (IIS) and thus the localhost function to no longer … Continue reading
VMware Workstation Pro 25H/Fusion Pro 25H2 released
[German]Brief addendum – VMware released both the new version VMware Workstation Pro 25H for Windows and VMware Fusion Pro 25H2 for macOS on October 14, 2025.
September 2025 Update KB5065426 causes issues with large AD environments
[German]A feature change causes administrators of large Active Directory environments to encounter problems when installing the September 2025 update KB5065426 for Server 2025. However, there is a workaround.
Windows 11 24H2/25H2: Localhost issues after October 2025 update KB5066835
[German]I'm posting a note here on the blog about patch day issues related to Windows 11 24H2/25H2. There are indications that the KB5066835 update from October 14, 2025 causes localhost to become unresponsive. Some users uninstalled the update to get … Continue reading