Category Archives: Update

Windows 10 V2004: Update KB4552455 in Slow Ring

[German]Microsoft has released the update KB4552455 for Windows 10 V2004 in the slow ring of the Insider program on April 9, 2020. This is the Windows 10 version that is planned to be released in spring 2020 (currently rumored to … Continue reading

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Thunderbird 68.7.0 released

[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 68.7.0 on April 8, 2020 (just 25 after the first release candidate was released). This is a maintenance update for the 68 main version of the e-mail client, which corrects some … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office Patchday (April 7, 2020)

[German]On April 7, 2020 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office (this time only for Office 2016) that are still supported.

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Chrome 81 released

[German]Google's developers have released the Chrome 81 on 7 March 2020. The browser update closes 32 security holes in total and comes with the Web NFC API.

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Firefox 75 and 68.7.0esr released

[German]Mozilla's developers have released the version 75.0.0 and the version and 68.7.0esr of the Firefox browser on April 7, 2020. These are new major updates for the browser. Addition: Information from the release notes added.

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

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Windows PowerToys 0.16.1 released

[German]Microsoft released version 0.16.1 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours ago. These tools are free and offer nice additional features for Windows 10. The new version 0.16.1 brings some bug fixes for the tools.

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Potential errors in the Windows update database – Part 2

[German]In Part 1 I had taken up a reader's note that after Windows fails to install updates, there are potential errors in the Windows Update database which can't be repaired by Update trouble shooter. In part 2 I describe further … Continue reading

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Potential errors in the Windows update database – Part 1

[German]Sometimes Windows 10 users run into errors during update installation. And the Windows troubleshooter then reports errors in the Windows Update database that can't be fixed. Usually this ends up in a new installation or an in-place upgrade of Windows … Continue reading

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Firefox 74.0.1 and 68.6.1esr released

[German]The Mozilla developers have released version 74.0.1 and version and 68.6.1esr of the Firefox browser on April 3, 2020. This is a maintenance update for the browser.

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Chrome 80.0.3987.162 released (March 31, 2020)

[German]Google's developers have released version 80.0.3987.162 of the Chrome browser (heise specifies 80.0.3987.163 here). This is a security update which should close three vulnerabilities. The new Chrome version 80.0.3987.122 is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and is rolled out … Continue reading

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