Category Archives: issue

Microsoft Office: End of Life dates and feature drops in 2023

[German]There will be some changes for Microsoft Office users in 2023. For example, Microsoft Office 2013 will reach the end of support and access to Microsoft online services will no longer be supported in Office 2016/2019. Furthermore, features in mobile … Continue reading

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Thunderbird can't connect via IMAP an oAuth with Exchange Online (outlook.office365.com)

[German]At the turn of the year 2022/2023, Microsoft has deactivated Basic Authentication for Exchange Online. This forced Thunderbird users into connection issues with mail servers via IMAP. Thunderbird reports that the user is authenticated  (via oAuth2) but is not connected. … Continue reading

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Windows 11: Update KB5021255 / KB5021234 cannot be installed

[German]There are reports from Windows 11 users about issues installing Dec. 13, 2022 security updates KB5021255 (Windows 11 22H2) or KB5021234 (Windows 11 21H2). A German blog reader has contacted me because in his company all Windows 11 clients refuse … Continue reading

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D-Link: End of support for mydlink Home and mydlink Baby Monitor Apps and Cloud Services (Dec. 30, 2022)

[German]Are you using D-Link products like the mydlink Baby Monitor or mydlink Home. Today, December 30, 2022, vendor D-Link will shut down certain cloud services. The aforementioned devices will then become electronic junk because their functionality will be lost. An … Continue reading

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Are there Outlook 365 crashes again (December 2022)?

[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook (365) suffer from crashes every now and then, which occur after any updates. In September 2022 there was such a case, which was then fixed in October 2022. Now a user has contacted me who has … Continue reading

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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 ...


Twitter have had issues (Dec. 29, 2022)

[German]Twitter have had technical issues at 00:00 UTC on Dec. 29, 2022. The Twitter service hasn't running smoothly. When displaying various tweets, everything was still fine an hour before midnight. But currently (December 29, 2022, 00:50 a.m. UTC) I can … Continue reading

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iOS 16.2: Sync issues with Polar Flow app 6.11

We have iOS 16.2 and the Polar Flow app 6.11 was released on December 21, 2022. Blog reader Thomas B. just informed me via email that there were problems.  Quote: The Polar app 6.11 or older on an iOS 16.1.x … Continue reading

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Windows Server 2019: Container feature cannot be installed (0x800F0831, 0x80073701)

[German]Around the out-of-band update for the Hyper-V issue with Windows Server 2019/2022, a blog reader contacted me. He is experiencing an issue where the Container feature cannot be installed as a role on Windows Server 2019. The installation attempt aborts … Continue reading

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Windows Server 2019/2022: Out-of-Band Updates fixes Hyper-V Issue (Dec. 20, 2022)

[German]The security updates rolled out by Microsoft on the December 2022 patchday lead to problems with Hyper-V in certain constellations. New VMs can no longer be created, existing VMs have problems with Ethernet connections, etc. Microsoft has now released a … Continue reading

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Keyboard Corsair K100 mysteriously auto typing characters and texts – it's not a keylogger or malware – blame the firmware

[German]Users of a mechanical Corsair K100 keyboard complain that it "types" words or sentences by itself.  However, the fears of some users that a keylogger or a malware is causing that behavior are not true. According to the manufacturer, it … Continue reading

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