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Yearly Archives: 2025
Windows 10 22H2: Acticate ESU with Microsoft Intune
[German]When Windows 10 22H2 reaches out of support as planned on October 14, 2025, enterprises can buy Extended Security Update (ESU) licenses from Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) to receive 3 extra years of security updates. Administrators who manage larger client … Continue reading
Microsoft's UEFI Secure Boot certificate expires in June 2026
[German]I'm revisiting a topic here on the blog that still has a year to go, but could have very unpleasant consequences. UEFI Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026. In October 2026, the next expiring UEFI certificate for Secure Boot … Continue reading
Windows 11 25H2 confirmed by Microsoft
[German]Microsoft has announced its plans for Windows 11 25H2, which will be released later this year, on June 27, 2025. Users of Windows 11 24H2 should be able to switch to this new build of the operating system with little … Continue reading
Windows 10 21H2/22H2: KB5001716 refreshes update components
[German]Microsoft has started to deploy the KB5001716 update to machines running Windows 10 version 21H2 and 22H2 over the last few days. The KB5001716 update is an update that refreshes the update components so that the systems can switch to … 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 ...
Outlook Classic issue: Shows suddenly an "Add a service" popup and ask for credentials (June 2025)
[German]A blog reader told me about a strange problem in Microsoft Outlook Classic. Since June 13, 2025, Outlook shows a few minutes after start a dialog box "Add service" and disables the internet connection. It affects only single clients in … Continue reading
Vulnerabilities in 689 Brother and other printer models (June 2025)
[German]Security researchers from Rapid 7 have looked closer at various multi feature printers for vulnerabilities. They found them in the firmware of 689 Brother printer models. However, some printers from other manufacturers are also vulnerable.
Windows 11 22H2 – 24H2 preview updates available
Short addendum from this week: Microsoft had only released the optional, cumulative (preview) update KB5058481 for Windows 10 22H2 on June 24, 2025. Yesterday, June 26, 2025, the preview updates KB5060829 for Windows 11 24H2 and KB5060826 for Windows 11 … Continue reading
Microsoft Office 2024 Microsoft account licensing bug fixed
[English]A small addendum from this week with good news for users and administrators of Microsoft Office 2024. The manufacturer has fixed a licensing bug that occurred during license management via Microsoft accounts.
Windows Family Safety: Confirmed, that it's blocking Chrome
[German]Since the beginning of June 2025, users have been complaining that they can no longer use the Google Chrome browser if Microsoft Family Safety is installed on Windows. I had reported on this – and now Microsoft has officially confirmed … Continue reading
Citrix Vulnerability CVE-2025-5777: Is Citrix Bleed Part 2 back?
[German]Are you responsable for Citrix NetScaler ADC and the NetScaler Gateway as an administrator? Last week I had reported on serious vulnerabilities on Citrix products mentioned above that should be closed promptly by patching. Now Citrix has changed the description … Continue reading