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Windows 11 24H2: WSUS issue – missing SNMP client (FOD install fails)
[German]I'm picking up on a topic here in the blog that I've addressed a couple of days ago within my German blog. It likely causes problems for "enthusiastic" Windows 11 24H2 administrators who rely on the SNMP client (or other … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2: Oct./Nov. 2024 patches prevent update installation
[German]Microsoft continues to struggle with update issues for Windows 11 24H2. Security updates from October and November 2024 can cause an issue, that affected machines can no longer install subsequent updates if they were set up using USB media or … Continue reading
Microsoft 365: Outlook for Mac loses access to Exchange On-Premises from October
[German]Brief information or reminder for administrators whose users are using macOS and rely on Microsoft 365 applications. Legacy support for Outlook on the Mac will expire in October 2025. This has implications if Outlook is to access mailboxes from on-premises … Continue reading
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Microsoft Office 365: Ricoh Scan error "Cannot connect to SMTP server"
[German]It currently that users of multifunction printers with a scan function that use a connection to a Microsoft Office 365 SMTP server are running into issues with certain devices. Users of Ricoh devices are receiving "Cannot connect to SMTP server" … Continue reading
Windows Server 2025 Domain Controller: Trust Relationship with Windows 11 is lost
[German]Another "Beware of Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025" article for administrators who are considering the migration. There seems to be a problem with domain controllers on Windows Server 2025. Windows 11 clients seem to lose the trust relationship after … 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: January 2025 updates cause audio issues
[German]The January 2025 security updates can cause audio problems in several Windows versions (clients and servers). Microsoft has just documented this for Windows 11 24H2, Windows 10 22H2, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016. The updates mainly affect USB … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2: Hanging RDP session as a problem
[German]I am posting the observation of a German blog reader also here in the blog, which relates to Remote Desktop Protocol sessions (RDP sessions) under Windows 11 24H2. In the reader's environment, there are massive problems with these RDP sessions … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2/Server 2025 with huge Hyper-V bug?
[German]An administrator recently pointed out a very unpleasant finding to me. The Hyper-V virtualization solution promoted by Microsoft can hardly be used in certain scenarios (on AMD and Intel CPUs) to run multiple virtual machines under Windows 11 24H2 or … Continue reading
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Tagged Bug, Hyper-V, Virtualization, Windows 11 24H2, Windows Server 2025
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Dell Alienware Command Center causes high CPU load in Windows
[English]A little snippet of information that came to my attention recently. Frank Lesniak has been struggling for months with a randomly occurring CPU load under Windows. After some searching, he discovered that the Dell Alienware Command Center was the cause … Continue reading
Zyxel disaster: Dead USG FLEX / ATP Series boxes (24.1.2025)
[German]Brief information and question to the readers who have Zyxel firewalls in their portfolio as to whether there are any affected parties. It seems to have hit some instances today, January 24, 2025. The "boxes" were put out of operation … Continue reading