Category Archives: Update

Preview Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server Nov. 27, 2018

[German]On November 27, 2018, Microsoft released the (security) preview update KB4467108 for Windows 7 SP1 and the update KB4467695 for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Windows 10 V1809: New Updates in Release Preview Ring

Microsoft is currently testing Updates KB4469342 V2 (Re-Release) and KB4470788 (SSU) for Windows 10 V1809 in Release Preview Ring (see). Microsoft has not yet published any details. I assume that the updates will be released tonight (11/27/2018).

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Update KB4461585 fixes Outlook 2010 crash

[German]Small addendum to November 2018 Patchday: Microsoft released update KB4461585 on November 21, 2018. This fixes the Outlook 2010 crash caused by a previous update.

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Windows 10 V1809: Intel graphic drivers as upgrade blocker

[German]It happens again, Microsoft has stopped the rollout of Windows 10 V1809 on systems with Intel some graphic drivers. Here are a few details about what is known so far.

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Windows 10: Nov. 2018 Patches are causing Media Player-Bug

[German]The cumulative updates of November 13, 2018 for Windows 10 are causing issues with Windows Media Player. This issue is caused by different cumulative updates for different versions of Windows 10.

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Issues with November 2018 Office (2010); patches pulled

[German]Microsoft has not too much luck with its Office updates released in November 2018. Two non security updates has been pulled, and a security update causes Outlook 2010 to crash.

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Security: Google Chrome 70.0.3538.110 released

On November 19, 2018, Google's developers released a security update for Google Chrome browser. This fixes a vulnerability rated high and raises the version to 70.0.3538.110..

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Microsoft has updated the Meltdown/Spectre information page

[German]Microsoft has released several updates to close Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Now the information page, that informs about that mitigation, has been updated again.

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Firefox 63.0.3 released

Mozilla's developers have just released version 63.0.3 of the Firefox browser for Windows, Linux and macOS. It is a maintenance update which fixes bugs and vulnerabilities.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (November 13, 2018)

[German]As of November 13, 2018 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and products such as Sharepoint.

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