Category Archives: Update

Sysinternals tools: Modules updated (11.2020)

[German]Microsoft employee Mark Russinovich gave an update to individual modules of the Sysinternals tools, as I saw the night in a tweet. Here is a short overview of these updates.

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Security Update Edge 86.0.622.63 released

[German]On November 4, 2020, Microsoft published a security advisory that refers to a security update of the Edge Browser. The browser must have been updated, but no information can be retrieved. Here is some information about this. Addendum: Details added.

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Windows 10 2004: Black-Sceen bug fixed for external display?

[German]Microsoft claims to have fixed a nasty bug that caused external displays to suddenly turn black when apps displayed certain content. The update in question was already released in October 2020.

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.NET Framework preview updates and the unsolicited installation

[German]Once again I pick up an unpleasant topic here. It's about the fact that Microsoft is now releasing monthly preview updates for their .NET frameworks to fix the numerous vulnerabilities and bugs in the stuff. But these optional preview updates … Continue reading

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Edge 86.0.622.61 released

[German]A short addendum (the information has passed me by because I looked in the wrong corner of the Microsoft universe, ADV200002 showed the old status from the end of October for a long time and currently reports nothing at all, … Continue reading

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

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Microsoft Office Patchday (November 3, 2020)

[German]On November 3, 2020 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday) Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. Here is a brief overview.

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Adobe Reader/Acrobat: Important security update available (Nov. 3, 2020)

[German]Adobe released a security update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat on November 3, 2020 to address serious vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader for Windows and MacOS. Here is some information.

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Critical security update to Google Chrome 86.0.4240.183

[German]Google has updated the Google Chrome Browser for Windows, macOS and Linux to version 86.0.4240.18 on November 2, 2020. This update closes 10 security holes, whereby one Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability is already exploited.

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WordPress 5.5.2, and 5.5.3 as bux fix released

The developers have released WordPress 5.5.2 as a security and maintenance update on October 29, 2020. In this version 14 bugs are fixed, which are described in the release notes. The update fixes a critical vulnerability that allows a remote … Continue reading

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Microsoft Edge available as update KB4584642 for WSUS

[German]Short note for for administrators in enterprise environments who want to use the new Chromium-Edge Browser. Microsoft made Microsoft Edge now available as update KB4584642 for WSUS. Here are a few details.

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