Category Archives: issue

Windows 7 Defender won’t receive updates (June 2018)

[German]Just a brief note: It seems, that Windows Defender won't receive automatic updates since a few days (June 18th 2018). But there are defender updates available, as a search for updates confirms. Here are a few details what I've found … Continue reading

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Windows 10 V1803: mstscax.dll and error 0x80071779

[German]Windows 10 April Update (V1803) seems to have several issues in the area of the network and RDP connections. It seams that no NIC adapter bindings for the network can be uninstalled via GUI. Also RDP and the file mstscax.dll … Continue reading

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PSA: Windows 10 V1803: Update KB4284848 brings SMBv1 fix

[German]Microsoft has kept its word and delivered the fix for the broken SMBv1 protocol in Windows 10 April Update (V1803) with update KB4284848 in June 2018.

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Does Adobe Acrobat Prof XI kills Internet Explorer favorites?

[German]Today still a short contribution, to which a Blog reader drew my attention. The Adobe Acrobat Prof XI probably has side effects with Internet Explorer 11, where the favorites can no longer be edited under Windows 10. Addendum: It seems … Continue reading

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Outlook 2016: Search doesn’t returns results

[German]Microsoft Outlook users may run into the issue, that a search in all  mailboxes or address books no longer return results. This is probably due to a recently installed update. A search in contacts that doesn't return results could be … Continue reading

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Fix: Windows 10 hangs in update installation loop

[German]Windows 10 (and earlier versions of Windows, if applicable) fails in some situation during update installation may be forced into an update install loop. In this blog post I try to sketch what you can do. I wrote the hints … Continue reading

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June 2018 Patchday: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

[German]Has a KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED Blue Screen recently appeared on your Windows systems? Could have something to do with the June 2018 patchday and the Spectre NG update.

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Hotfix for Excel 2013/2016 Chart dll crash bug

[German]Users of Excel 2013 and Excel 2016 have been suffering since April 2018 patchday from a bug that crashed the program when accessing charts . But there are hotfixes to fix the problem.

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Windows 10 V1803: Install issues with update KB4284835

[German]It seems that some users worldwide are running into install issues with cumulative update KB4284835 for Windows 10 V1803. Here is an overview of what I have found so far.

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Issues with cumulative update KB4230450 for IE

[German]Cumulative update KB4230450 for Internet Explorer seems to cause some issues. Microsoft had to make improvements in WSUS detection. And there is a message that suddenly old updates are offered..

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