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Windows 7: Why logging in with solid desktop background color was slow
[German]A little "story from the past of Windows": In Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2), users had to experience that logging into their user account was very slow if a solid color was used for the desktop's background. After … Continue reading
Windows 11 23H2: April 2025 update prevents WSUS upgrade to 24H2 (Error 0x80240069)
[German]The security update KB5055528 from April 8, 2025 for Windows 11 23H2, as well as subsequent updates, have caused a new collateral damage according to Microsoft. Systems with Windows 11 23H2 can no longer be updated to Windows 11 24H2 … Continue reading
When Oracle turns off your hospital IT
[German]A nasty surprise for some clinics and their IT departments. Maintenance technicians from the US provider Oracle unintentionally deleted critical resources during support. As a result, the IT "lights went out" at 45 clinics that were Oracle customers. Oracle Health … Continue reading
Kali Linux: Updates fail due to "lost" key
[German]The developers of Kali Linux have frozen their repository for a few days, meaning that updates to the operating system may fail. The reason for this is a lost repository key for signing the files.
OneDrive crashes? OneDrive issues? Windows Server 2019 reboots?
[German]I'm going to combine some problem reports in the Windows Server environment into one collective post. A blog reader informed me yesterday that Microsoft OneDrive was crashing under Windows Server 2016. And I got a report about OneDrive issues during … 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 23H2: Update KB5055629 causes weather widget issues in lock screen
[German]I'm dropping an observation here in the blog that a blog reader pointed out to me by email. The preview update KB5055629 released for Windows 11 23H2 could cause "collateral damage". The reader ran into problems with the unintentionally activated … Continue reading
Windows 10/11: Printer bug with random character output fixed (March/April 2025)
[German]Users of Windows 10 and Windows 11 may have had a problem with the January 2025 preview update installed and thereafter. Some USB printers may then "possibly" print random text. The problem was corrected promptly by the KIR function. However, … Continue reading
Outlook 365: CPU spikes will be fixed "soon"
[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook Classic have been plagued by high CPU load peaks (e.g. when typing texts) for months. After Microsoft acknowledged this problem with Office 365 (from version 2406, build 17726.20126), there is now also a schedule for a … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2: HCL Notes (Domino) won't launch after Update KB5055523
[German]Small addendum to an error under Windows 11 24H2, caused by an update. There are reports that the HCL Notes (Domino) application no longer wants to start after the KB5055523 update from April 8, 2025 has been installed on a … Continue reading
Will all browsers and the web 'soon' be broken? "<" & ">" should be removed from innerHTML
[German]A small note from the "world of web browsers". There is a discussion in the Chromium bug tracker about angle brackets ("<" and ">"), which can occur as characters in HTML attributes or innerHTML elements. Escape handling is now to … Continue reading