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Windows Server: January 2022 security updates are causing DC boot loop
[German]I'll pull it out separately as a blog post. Administrators of Windows Domain Controllers should be careful about installing the January 2022 security updates. I have now received numerous reports that Windows servers acting as domain controllers will not boot … Continue reading
Posted in issue, Software, Update, Windows
Tagged issue, Patchday 1.2022, Security, Update, Windows Server
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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2 Updates (January 11, 2022), boot loop reported
[German]As of January 11, 2022, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 8.1. These security updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. I have already received information from a blog reader that a boot loop has occurred with … Continue reading
Posted in issue, Security, Windows
Tagged Patchday 1.2022, Security, Update, Windows Server 2012 (R2)
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Bug: Can't add new contacts to outlook.com
[German]No idea if anyone from the readership uses outlook.om. As I just read, the web variant of Outlook seems to have a bug since a short time, which results in users not being able to create contacts anymore.
Windows Terminal Emulator: DoS and "White Screen of Death" via Escape Characters to Change the Title
[German]Windows offers the possibility to change the window title of windows of a terminal emulator via control characters (ANSI Escape Characters). Some blog readers still know this, was used to adjust colors of a DOS window for example. A security … Continue reading
Honda and Acura also had a Year 2K22 bug
[German]I've reported already about the Year 2K22 bug, which disturbed Microsoft Exchange or the Sonicwall E-Mail Security Application on 1/1/2022. But also owners of a Honda or an Acura are annoyed by this bug, because the time of the navigation … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Windows: Issues with Expired Updates, Print jobs hangs, Forced restart after driver install
[German]Today a small collection of problems that have just come to my attention in the Windows environment. Windows 10 clients stumble across expired updates that cannot be installed because Microsoft has not removed them. Users are annoyed that Windows Update … Continue reading
December 2021 security update KB5008212 kills Outlook Search
[German]The security update KB5008212 distributed on December 14, 2021 for Windows 10 version 2004 to 21H2 has an unpleasant collateral damage. Anyone who has installed the update may find that Outlook Search no longer works afterwards. Microsoft has now acknowledged … Continue reading
Access Lock Bug: Where the December 2021 Fixes Fail
[German]The security updates that Microsoft rolled out for Microsoft Office in December 2021 cause problems with Microsoft Access. Only one user can still access the databases. Microsoft did release fixes for the affected Office versions at the end of December … Continue reading
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Status of the access bug after December 2021 update (2022/01/03)
[German]With the December 2021 security updates for Microsoft Office, vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and in the Access Connectivity Engine have been fixed. Subsequently, however, Access databases can only be edited by one person. In the meantime … Continue reading
SonicWall E-Mail Security Appliance has also a Year 2022 Bug
[German]A quick information/question for the administrators who have a SonicWall email security appliance in use. Do you have error messages in the log files since 1/1/2022 that indicate a date error? I guess the firmware has the same problem as … Continue reading