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Category Archives: Update
Windows 10 users are being forced to use the new Outlook app
[German]I'm pulling out one more topic in this blog post that will concern Windows 10 users in February 2025. Microsoft is pushing the new Outlook app onto systems with the February 2025 security update. At the same time, the Windows … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2: WSUS issue – missing SNMP client (FOD install fails)
[German]I'm picking up on a topic here in the blog that I've addressed a couple of days ago within my German blog. It likely causes problems for "enthusiastic" Windows 11 24H2 administrators who rely on the SNMP client (or other … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2: Oct./Nov. 2024 patches prevent update installation
[German]Microsoft continues to struggle with update issues for Windows 11 24H2. Security updates from October and November 2024 can cause an issue, that affected machines can no longer install subsequent updates if they were set up using USB media or … Continue reading
HP Universal Print Driver Series (PCL 6) vulnerabilities
[German]There are vulnerabilities in older HP Universal Print printer drivers (PCL 6 and PostScript) for Windows. The background to this is that these printer drivers use the libjpeg, libpng, OpenSSL and zlib libraries and may have (older) vulnerabilities. HP has … Continue reading
Operating system/Windows share (end of January 2025)
[German]It's the beginning of February 2025 and Statcounter's figures on operating system distribution on the desktop are available for January 2025. So what about the figures for Microsoft Windows distribution on the desktop? Windows 10 will no longer be supported … 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 ...
Reminder: Driver synchronization in WSUS ends in April 2025
[German]A quick reminder for administrators of Windows systems who use WSUS for update distribution. This option for synchronizing driver updates via WSUS will be discontinued by Microsoft in April 2025. In future, Microsoft intends to synchronize drivers for Windows via … Continue reading
Microsoft Exchange: When is CU 15 coming? And other news
[German]Microsoft Exchange 2019 administrators have been asking themselves when CU 15, which has been overdue since 2024, will finally be released. Microsoft has now commented on this in a tech community article and also announced further innovations. Exchange 2019 and … Continue reading
Windows 11 23H2 Preview-Update KB5050092 (Jan. 29, 2025)
[German]With a slight delay, Microsoft also released the optional cumulative (preview) update for Windows 11 23H2 (KB5050092) on January 29, 2025. This update contains corrections that can be tested and will then be rolled out generally as fixes in the … Continue reading
Windows 10/11: Preview Updates Jan. 2025
[German]Microsoft has released optional cumulative (preview) updates for Windows 10 22H2 (KB5050081) and Windows 11 24H2 (KB5050094) on January 28, 2025. These updates contain corrections that can be tested and are then generally rolled out as fixes in the following … Continue reading
Windows: January 2025 updates cause audio issues
[German]The January 2025 security updates can cause audio problems in several Windows versions (clients and servers). Microsoft has just documented this for Windows 11 24H2, Windows 10 22H2, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016. The updates mainly affect USB … Continue reading