Category Archives: Update

WhatsApp vulnerability CVE-2019-3568; Update required

Posted on 2019-05-14 by guenni

[German]The Messenger app WhatsApp has a critical vulnerability affecting both Android and iOS. The vulnerability is already being exploited (there is an exploit from an Israeli company selling it). Users should urgently update WhatsApp.

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Windows 7 upgrade to Windows 10 with SCCM fails on OEM machines

Posted on 2019-05-12 by guenni

[German]System administrators who tries to upgrade Windows 7 machines to Windows 10 via SCCM need to be careful. Upgrading OEM machines fails because SetupComplete.cmd cannot run.

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WSUS: Additional download urls for sync

Posted on 2019-05-11 by guenni

[German]A brief note 'from the past' for administrators of a WSUS (Windows Server Update Service). Microsoft has extended the URL to download updates for WSUS.

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Windows 10 V1809 Update KB4495667 (May 3, 2019)

Posted on 2019-05-03 by guenni

[German]Today, May 3, 2019, Microsoft surprisingly released the cumulative update KB4495667 for Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019. Here is an overview about this update.

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Windows 10 V1809: Update KB4501835 (May 1, 2019)

Posted on 2019-05-02 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released update KB4501835 for Windows 10 V1809, which was 'missing' on April 25, 2019, on May 1, 2019. Here's some information about this update.

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Citrix Workspace-App comes w/o VC++ Runtime from V1904

Posted on 2019-05-02 by guenni

[German]Citrix has updated its Workspace app to version 1904. This app is now distributed for the first time without the Visual C++ Redistributable (Runtime) in the installer. Here some information about this app.

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Windows Server 2008/R2: Update KB4493448 fixes Netdom

Posted on 2019-05-01 by guenni

[German]A small addendum to the March/April patchday for Windows. Under Windows Server 2008/R2 netdom.exe was broken after installation of the SHA 2 update. The security update KB4493448 from April 2019 fixes this again.

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IE 11 Security update KB3185319 offered again in 2019

Posted on 2019-04-29 by guenni

[German]After April 2019 patchday, some Windows 7 users are confronted with a curiosity. Windows Update or WSUS suddenly provide the security update KB3185319 for Internet Explorer from 2016.

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Windows 7/8.1 Preview Rollup Updates (April 25, 2019)

Posted on 2019-04-26 by guenni

[German]On April 25, 2019, Microsoft released a Preview Rollup Update KB4493453 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. At the same time a preview rollup update KB4493443 for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 was released. Addendum: … Continue reading →

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Windows issues with April Updates and AV-Programs–root cause known

Posted on 2019-04-25 by guenni

[German]A little addendum to the April patchday issues in Windows, which were caused by third party antivirus scanners. In the meantime, the root cause for this behavior is known.

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