Category Archives: General

Windows April 2023 Updates: Netlogon- and Kerberos protocol changes, there seems to be issues

Posted on 2023-04-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has indeed postponed its schedules for phased adjustments to the Netlogon protocol (due to CVE-2022-38023) and the Kerberos protocol from April 11, 2023 to June 13, 2023. But with the Windows update of April 11, 2023, the option to … Continue reading →

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March 2023: What's going up with AnyDesk?

Posted on 2023-04-02 by guenni

[German]I'm picking up on a topic and posting it here on the blog for information purposes with a request for feedback from those affected. It's about the provider AnyDesk and its remote maintenance software of the same name. A reader … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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Leaked Microsoft mails provide interesting insights

Posted on 2023-04-01 by guenni

[German]I wrestled with myself a bit about what to do with the material, but then decided to publish the blog post after all. An anonymous source has send me leaked data that must have come from the "Microsoft universe" (maybe … Continue reading →

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World Backup Day March 31, 2023

Posted on 2023-03-31 by guenni

[German]March 31st of every year is "World Backup Day", and it's to remind people of the importance of backups. To mark the day, a little kaleidoscope of information around this topic. Advertising

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Windows VP Kevin Gallo leaves Microsoft after 30 years

Posted on 2023-02-18 by guenni

Kevin Gallo has been a developer at Microsoft since 1993 and until most recently held the position of "corporate vice president" for the Windows Developer Platform. Gallo has just announced he is leaving that post and Microsoft after nearly 30 … Continue reading →

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Do we need RDS licenses for Citrix Virtual App/Desktop environments?

Posted on 2023-01-29 by guenni

Do we actually need Microsoft RDS licenses if we run an environment with Citrix Virtual App/Desktop? Citrix has discussed this in the article Do We Need RDS Licenses For Citrix Virtual App/Desktop Environment. Short answer: yes, you need both Citrix … Continue reading →

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Saudi Arabia: Government Agents Infiltrate Wikipedia, Sentence Independent Wikipedia Administrators to Prison

Posted on 2023-01-08 by guenni

The Saudi Arabian government infiltrated Wikipedia by recruiting the organization's highest ranked administrators in the country to serve as government agents to control information about the country and prosecuting those who contributed critical information about political detainees, said SMEX and … Continue reading →

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Issues restoring backups due to VDM with Intel Core i5 11th generation CPUs

Posted on 2023-01-06 by guenni

[German]Unusual experience reported to me by a blog reader. He suddenly found himself facing the problem of not being able to write back a backup he had made on his Acer Swift 3 with an 11th generation Intel Core i5. … Continue reading →

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Irish data protection authority fines Meta 390 million euros and appeals it's own decision

Posted on 2023-01-05 by guenni

[German]The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPC) has imposed a fine of €390 million on Meta for user-based advertising on Facebook and Instagram. As a result, Meta is no longer allowed to run ads using users' personal data without their explicit … Continue reading →

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