Category Archives: Update

ConfigMgr: Deprecated features in 2022

[German]Brief information for administrators in enterprise environments who manage Windows Updates via Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). On January 31, 2022, the first features will be deprecated. For example, Desktop Analytics for Windows 7, Windows 8.x and older Windows 10 versions will … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office Patchday (August 3, 2021)

[German]On August 3, 2021 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft will release non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. Among other things, crashes in Outlook and performance issues are lifted. Here's a brief overview.

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Google Chrome 92.0.4515.131 with security fixes

[German]Google has released Google Chrome 92.0.4515.131 for Windows, Mac and Linux on August 2, 2021. It is an update to version 92 that brings new features, but also fixes 10 vulnerabilities in older browser versions at once.

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Microsofts Windows Quality Updates Primer (July 21, 2021)

[German]Microsoft provides different types of updates for Windows (10 and 11). These range from the monthly security and quality updates on patchday to preview updates and out-of-band updates. This is all known to well-informed administrators and users. But Microsoft has … Continue reading

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Edge 92.0.902.62 fixes PDF freeze bug

[German]Microsoft has also updated the Edge browser to version 92.0.902.62 as of July 29, 2021. The release notes on the beta channel  state that various bugs and performance issues have been fixed. German blog reader Uli writes that this update … Continue reading

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Out-of-band update KB5005393 for Windows 10 V1607 printing issues (July 29, 2021)

[German]Microsoft has now released the unscheduled update for Windows 10 version 1607 as well as Windows Server 2016 on July 29, 2021. This special update KB5005393 is supposed to fix the printing problem in connection with a SmartCard authentication. Here … Continue reading

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Windows 10 V1909: Preview Update KB5004293 (July 29, 2021)

[German]In addition to the preview update for Windows 10 version 2004 – 21H1 (see Windows 10 2004-21H1: Preview Update KB5004296 (July 29, 2021)) Microsoft also released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5004293 for Windows 10 version 1909 (Enterprise, Education, IoT) … Continue reading

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Windows 10 2004-21H1: Preview Update KB5004296 (July 29, 2021)

[German]Microsoft has released another optional cumulative (preview) update for Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1, as well as their Windows Server counterparts, as of July 29, 2021. The update fixes several gaming issues, as well as many other bugs. … Continue reading

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Windows 10: Reliability update KB4023057 re-released (July 2021)

[German]Microsoft has once again released the preparation update KB4023057 for machines with Windows 10 in July 2021. The update is supposed to improve the reliability of the Windows Update service, i.e. to find any update problems on the Windows 10 … Continue reading

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Windows 8/8.1: Out-of-band fix for printer issue (July 28, 2021)

[German]Microsoft has released the next set of out-of-band updates for Windows 8 Embedded/Server 2012 and Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2 on July 28, 2021. These updates are supposed to fix the printing issue in connection with SmartCard authentication. Here's a quick … Continue reading

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