Category Archives: Update

Windows 11 24H2: Preview Update KB5053656 (March 27, 2025)

Posted on 2025-03-27 by guenni

Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5053656 for Windows 11 24H2 on March 27, 2025. I have added some information about this update in the blog post Windows 10/11: Preview Updates March 25/27, 2025. Advertising

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Windows 10/11: Preview Updates March 25/27, 2025

Posted on 2025-03-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released optional cumulative (preview) updates for Windows 10 22H2 (KB5053643) and Windows 11 22H2-23H2 (KB5053657) on March 25, 2025. Addendum: The preview update KB5053656 for Windows 11 24H2 has been released on March 27, 2025.  These updates contain … Continue reading →

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VMware vCenter: Update tokens required as of April 23, 2025

Posted on 2025-03-26 by guenni

[German]Brief information for users and administrators of VMware by Broadcom vCenter installations. It looks like Broadcom is going to throw the next chicane into the ring for VMware vCenter customers. From April 23, 2025, vCenter administrators will probably only be … Continue reading →

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Firefox 136.0.2 released

Posted on 2025-03-19 by guenni

[German]On March 18, 2025, the Mozilla developers released the new Firefox 136.0.2 as a maintenance update. It fixes a bug in the cookie handling and a high CPU load in Windows. Advertising

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Windows 10 22H2: Store apps are updating again since update 3.2025

Posted on 2025-03-19 by guenni

[German]Question for Windows 10 users with Windows 10 22H2 who use apps from the Store. Are your apps from the Microsoft Store being updated again since the March 2025 update was installed? I have had reports that certain apps are … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Update Catalog: Security risk due to privilege escalations (CVE-2024-49147)

Posted on 2025-03-18 by guenni

[English]I'm posting another security alert here on the blog that I've had since mid-December 2024 but has "stuck". There was a critical vulnerability CVE-2024-49147 in the Microsoft Update Catalog that allowed privilege escalations in the Microsoft Update Catalog. This vulnerability … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: March 2025 updates cause issues with RDP connections

Posted on 2025-03-17 by guenni

[German]I'm dragging a separate topic here into a blog post that Microsoft has brought to administrators and users with the March 2025 patchday. I have received reports that the KB5053598 update is causing problems with RDP connections. These RDP connections … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: March 2025 Update uninstalls Copilot

Posted on 2025-03-17 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has confirmed that Copilot will be uninstalled on some Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems as a result of the March 2025 updates. Those affected should install Copilot from the Store. However, I am currently not really sure whether … Continue reading →

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Outlook Classic: Again forced update to New Outlook app

Posted on 2025-03-15 by guenni

[German]I have again received a reader's report that Microsoft is probably currently switching installations of Outlook Classic to the new Outlook app again. Users of Microsoft Outlook 2000 have now been affected, as I have heard. Advertising

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (March 11, 2025)

Posted on 2025-03-13 by guenni

[German]On March 11, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. No updates were released as of March … Continue reading →

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