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End of support for older Visual Studio versions in April 2022, and in May for Windows 10 20H2
[German]Last week, or rather in the last few days, Microsoft has already pointed out that certain products will reach the end of support in a few months and will no longer receive updates. This includes older versions of Visual Studio, … Continue reading
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Does the WhatsApp desktop app throttle GPU performance?
[German]The meta-messenger WhatsApp has a client for the Windows desktop. A reader has now pointed out to me his observation that this app throttles the GPU performance of the desktop. I'm posting it man here on the blog with – … Continue reading
Microsoft probably secretly fixes vulnerability in Defender under Windows
[German]Microsoft Defender attracted attention some time ago due to a vulnerability in Windows that allowed malware to query the folders left out by the antivirus. It now looks like Microsoft has quietly corrected this vulnerability, because administrator privileges are now … Continue reading
QNAP Update QTS 5.0.0.1932 build 20220129 closes SAMBA vulnerability CVE-2021-44142
[German]Taiwanese manufacturer QNAP has provided firmware updates for its NAS systems that are supposed to fix the SMB root vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142) in SAMBA. Here are some notes on updating QTS 5.0.0 to close the vulnerability, published by manufacturer QNAP in … Continue reading
Exchange Online: Mysterious Outlook Disconnected Error 0x8004011D
[German]A German blog reader just notified me about a problem with Microsoft Exchange Online that he was facing suddenly with Microsoft Outlook (from Office 365). A solution that had been running smoothly for years suddenly is causing issues, when synchronizing … 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 ...
.Net Framework Updates (February 8, 2022)
[German]Another small addendum – as of February 8, 2022, Microsoft has released .NET Framework updates for various Windows versions. These updates fix bugs and security vulnerabilities in the affected .Net Framework versions. Here is an overview of these .NET Framework … Continue reading
Thunderbird 91.6.0
[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.6.0 as of February 8, 2022. This is a maintenance update for the 91 development branch that makes fixes. Here is a brief overview.
Firefox 97 and 91.6 ESR
[German]Mozilla Mozilla developers released versions 97.0 and 95.6esr of the Firefox browser on February 8, January 2022. Firefox 97 is a new development branch, while the ESR version is a bug-fix update to fix bugs.
VMware Converter withdrawn (Feb. 2022)
[German]Brief note, I came across here: VMware VMware has withdrawn the VMware Converter from its download pages last week. This is a tool that allows you to transfer images of physical machines into VMware virtual machines (P2V).
COBOL market: Three times larger than expected
[German]Good job persepectives for experts who still learned COBOL as a programming language in the 1960s and 1970s. In a recent survey, Micro Focus, a provider of enterprise software, examined the market opportunities for application modernization of COBOL code. The … Continue reading