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Citrix and Amazon AWS Workspace App: Issues with Intel XE graphics chips

[German]Brief information for administrators of Amazon AWS and Citrix Workspace app environments. A reader pointed out to me that there are probably issues with the Workspace app when Intel XE graphics chips are used. The problem has been known since … Continue reading

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Has Microsoft fixed update error code 30088-27 in Office Click2Run?

[German]Since July 2024, users reported increasingly that the update function of Microsoft Office Click2Run installations is broken. Error code 30088-27 is reported when trying to update Office. A blog reader got in touch and gave some hints as to what … Continue reading

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Windows Bitlocker recovery key query bug fixed by August 2024 updates

[German]A small addendum to the August 2024 patchday regarding Bitlocker. With the July 2024 updates, there was the problem that systems remained in a query for the Bitlocker recovery key on the next restart. Good for those who had the … Continue reading

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Windows Server 2019/Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC: Performance Issues with Update KB5041578

[German]The cumulative update KB5041578 for Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC and Windows Server 2019 was released on August 13, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft). In the meantime, I have received reports from readers about serious … Continue reading

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Microsoft Defender: msmpeng.exe crashes (August 14, 2024)?

[German]We had Microsoft's patch day on August 13, 2024, and as a result quite a lot of Windows patches. I got now a report from an English-speaking reader pointed out to me last night that people were having issues with … Continue reading

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

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Windows: NVidia graphics driver triggers BSOD on old processors

[German]Small addendum to a topic that has already been known for a few days. On June 25, 2024, NVidia published the support article EOL Windows driver support for older CPUs without POPCNT instruction. There the end-of-life (EOL) for Windows driver … Continue reading

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Microsoft's analysis of the CrowdStrike incident and recommendations

[German]One more addendum, on a topic taken up in my German blog at the end of July 2024. Microsoft has recently published an analysis of the CrowdStrike incident, which confirms the statements made by Crowdstrike. And there are recommendations on … Continue reading

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Microsoft 365: Service degration (August 5, 2024)

[German]On August 5, 2024, there will be another disruption to Microsoft 365 features and services, which will probably affect various users worldwide. Microsoft has already confirmed the problem under MO851360 in the status area for MS 365 administrators. The effects … Continue reading

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Cyber attack and bug cause of the Microsoft Cloud outage on 30.7.2024

[German]On July 30, 2024, there was a partial outage of Microsoft cloud services (Azure, Microsoft 365, etc.) worldwide. I had reported – but not all users were affected. Microsoft has now published a post-incident report and identified the initial causes. … Continue reading

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Microsoft 365: Administrators no longer receive passwords by email; unlicensed accounts are archived

[German]A few more additions to Microsoft 365 in the last few days: Microsoft is burying the option for administrators to have a password sent to them by email when setting up or editing new Microsoft 365 user accounts. This option … Continue reading

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