Category Archives: issue

Are there Battery Problems with Surface Book 2 and Pro 5/6?

Posted on 2019-08-29 by guenni

[German]It seems that owners of Microsoft's Surface Tablet PCs are still plagued by battery problems. Especially the latest firmware update for battery optimization seems to have side effects.

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Windows 10 V1903: RDP (dwm.exe) causes high CPU load, freezes VMs

Posted on 2019-08-28 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) has a bug in Remote Desktop Connections (RDP). These cause a high CPU load on a CPU core when disconnecting the session. There are also reports that VMs freeze on RDP connections (when … Continue reading →

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Microsofts Your Phone down

Posted on 2019-08-26 by guenni

[German], Microsoft's Your Phone service, which can pair compatible (Android) smartphones with Windows 10, failed today (August 26, 2019). The service has been down all day.

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Windows 10 V1809/1903: Upgrade for Zebra Tablet PCs blocked

Posted on 2019-08-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has blocked the upgrade from older Windows versions to Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903) and even for Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809) for ruggedized Zebra Tablet PCs due to problems.

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Windows 7 SP1: Update KB4512506 causes error 0x800F0816

Posted on 2019-08-26 by guenni

[German]The monthly KB4512506 Security Quality Rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 causes installation error 0x800F0816 on some systems. Here is some information.

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Hyper-V 2nd Gen: Can’t install an operating system

Posted on 2019-08-25 by guenni

[German]In Hyper-V, you may not be able to install guest operating systems in Generation 2 VMs. The installation process ends with a 'PXE Network boot using IPv4 …' message.

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Windows 10 V1903: Update KB4505903 breaks Bluetooth speaker connection

Posted on 2019-08-24 by guenni

[German]Cumulative Update KB4505903, released July 26, 2019, breaks the connection to Bluetooth speakers. Microsoft has just confirmed this as a known issue.

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Symantec releases a patch for the SHA-2 bug in Windows 7

Posted on 2019-08-21 by guenni

[English]Antivirus vendor Symantec has released a patch to fix the update issue on Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2. Distribution is scheduled for August 21, 2019 for various language versions, the English version is said to have already been … Continue reading →

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Windows 7: Reinstallation causes boot error 0xc0000428

Posted on 2019-08-21 by guenni

[German]Users reinstalling Windows 7 SP1 may get the boot error 0xc0000428. This can be caused by a missing Bitlocker patch. Here is some information about the problem and why it might occur.

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Windows Server 2008 R2 and a WSUS SHA-2 issue

Posted on 2019-08-20 by guenni

[German]Brief information for administrators in corporate environments who manage updates with WSUS. A blog reader told me about a problem he ran into. A bug in the WSUS SHA-2 update prevents certain updates from being downloaded. But there is a … Continue reading →

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