Category Archives: issue

Task-Planner: Trigger ‘At startup’ fails for tasks

Posted on 2018-11-07 by guenni

[German]There is a problem with task scheduling in Windows (Task Scheduler). The trigger 'At startup' may fail sporadically when executing a task under very special conditions. In the Event Viewer, an entry ERROR_LOGON_FAILURE (2147943726) with the ID 101 may be … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V1803: File type association broken?

Posted on 2018-11-06 by guenni

[German]It looks as if file types under Windows 10 Version 1803 cannot be assigned to certain applications, as is actually intended by Microsoft. Here is some information about this topic.

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Windows 10: RegBack fails in V1803/1809

Posted on 2018-11-05 by guenni

[German]Windows contains a feature that creates a backup copy of the registry files at regular intervals. In Windows 10, however, it looks as if this task fails in versions 1803 and 1809.

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Dell: New BIOS is causing Bitlocker issues

Posted on 2018-10-30 by guenni

[German]Just a brief note for owners of Dell devices using Bitlocker under Windows. Dell has released a BIOS update that can cause issues with Bitlocker encryption. 

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Windows Update KB4462917: Issue with Domain Controllers

Posted on 2018-10-30 by guenni

[German]A brief information for administrators in corporate environments running domain controllers with Active Directory domains. October 2018 update KB4462917 for Windows 10 V1607 and Windows Server 2016 causes issues with domain controller promotions for new Active Directory domains in existing … Continue reading →

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Lenovo ThinkPad: UEFI settings bricks devices

Posted on 2018-10-28 by guenni

[German]Owners of current Lenovo ThinkPad models who changes some UEFI/BIOS settings run the risk of breaking their devices. Here is some information.

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Windows 7: CBS.log bug can fill your system drive

Posted on 2018-10-26 by guenni

[German]In Windows 7 (and other versions) there is a CBS.log bug that Microsoft should have known about for years. A Windows component writes data to a log file, which can become very large as a result. However, a function to … Continue reading →

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Win 10: Bug in UWP API enables access to user data/file

Posted on 2018-10-26 by guenni

[German]There is discussion that a design flaw (a bug) within the Universal Windows Platform API allows UWP app developers to access arbitrary user data. In Windows 10 V1809, Microsoft has tried to mitigate the bug – but then UWP apps … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V1809: Unicode font fallback bug

Posted on 2018-10-25 by guenni

[German]A small addendum concerning bugs in the withdrawn Windows 10 version 1809. When implementing the font display there is a problem with Unicode fonts which leads to a broken text display.

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Windows 10 V1809: ZIP bug confirmed

Posted on 2018-10-24 by guenni

Microsoft has confirmed the bug when unpacking ZIP files (existing files are not overwritten, but nothing is reported either) in Windows 10 V1809. The bug was known to Microsoft, is even fixed in Windows 10 19H1 (Insider Preview) branch, but … Continue reading →

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