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Windows Server 2022: VMware ESXi 7.0 U3k Patch for Secure Boot Issue (Update KB5022842, Feb. 2023)
[German]VMware released VMware ESXi 7.0 U3k on Feb. 21, 2023, to address the Secure Boot issue of VMs. The background was that with the Feb. 14, 2023 patchday, an installed security update (KB5022842) for Windows Server 2022 prevented virtual machines … Continue reading
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Tagged ESCi, issue, Patchday 2.2023, Update, Virtualization, Windows Server 2022
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Windows Server 2022 Feb. 2023 Patchday: Secure Boot issues also on bare metal systems!
[German]With the security update KB5022842 released on February 14, 2023 for Windows Server 2022, a problem can occur during the second restart. Machines can subsequently no longer start after a reboot and either can no longer find their system drives, … Continue reading
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Tagged issues, Patchday 2.2023, Update, Windows Server 2022
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Windows Server 20212 R2 (Essentials): Feb. 2023 updates drops install error 0x800F0922
[German]I got several reports from administrators that the February 2023 security updates to Windows Server 20212 R2 (and Windows 8.1) are causing issues and the installation is aborting with error 0x800F0922. With Windows 8.1 it is clear, because of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Error, Patchday 2.2023, Update, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 (R2)
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Windows: Update installation errors (Feb. 2023)
[German]Windows 11 users reported an "update installation jam" on Microsoft Answers – tens of updates were listed, but could not be installed. Some received the installation error 0x80070103. This error seems to have been corrected by Microsoft on its update … Continue reading
February 2023 Patchday: EWS problems after Exchange Server security update
[German]After the installation of the February 14, 2023 security updates, I got some reports from administrators that Exchange Web Services (EWS) is causing issues. For example, the calendar update isn't working. Uninstalling the security update solved the problem. Microsoft has … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Microsoft's February 2023 Patchday: Incorrect updates in WSUS, Exchange and Windows
[German]Microsoft has released a large number of security updates for Windows and Exchange on February 14, 2023. However, they made a mistake with some updates and simply delivered the wrong update packages via Windows Update, WSUS or the downloads. Some … Continue reading
Microsoft's TCP mess, how to optimize in Windows 10/11
[German]Microsoft has made a few mistakes in the TCP implementation of Windows 10 and Windows 11 that severely limit the possible performance of TCP/IP connections. A blog reader brought this to my attention and immediately pointed out ways to possibly … Continue reading
Microsoft 365: Bugs in Word 365 release 2301 – Write protection blocks changes and VBA AddIns
[German]A German blog reader has pointed out nasty bugs in release 2301 of Microsoft Word from Office 365 or Microsoft 365. Read-only files can only be changed after saving them under a different name. And VBA addins can no longer … Continue reading
Windows Server 2019/2022: Terminal Server / RDS with laggy or freezing Taskbar
[German]I'm picking up on a topic that has come to my attention in fragments from my blog readers as comments as well as on Twitter. I have received several reports about problems with a freezing Windows taskbar or Start button … Continue reading
Windows 10/11: November 2022 updates cause DirectX issues on Intel graphics hardware
[German]The security updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11 released on November 8, 2022 can cause problems with DirectX on Intel GPUs in certain constellations. Outdated graphics drivers from Intel cause the apphelp.dll library from Microsoft to report an error … Continue reading