Category Archives: Update

.Net Framework: Update KB4340558 drops error 0x80092004?

[German]Last night Microsoft released the .NET Framework update KB4340558 for Windows. As it looks, this update is buggy and cannot be installed. The installation ends (on some systems) 0x80092004. Addendum: Microsoft has published workarounds – see addendum below.

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Thunderbird 52.9.1 released

Mozilla's developers of the email client Thunderbird released version 52.9.0 earlier this mont. Now version 52.9.1 with bug fixes has been released. Here is a short overview, what's fixed.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server July 10, 2018

[German]On July 10, 2018 Microsoft released several (security) updates (KB4338818, KB4338823) for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates (KB4338815, KB4338824) for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Thunderbird 52.9.0

The developers have just released the e-mail client Thunderbird version 52.9.0. This update fixes bugs and security holes. Here is some information.

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Windows Server 2016: May 2018 Update bricks sfc

[German]Just a brief message for administrators supporting Windows Server 2016 installations. A cumulative update from May 2018 causes the System File Checker command sfc to stop working. June 2018 update didn't fix this issue.

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

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Windows 7 Defender won’t receive updates (June 2018)

[German]Just a brief note: It seems, that Windows Defender won't receive automatic updates since a few days (June 18th 2018). But there are defender updates available, as a search for updates confirms. Here are a few details what I've found … Continue reading

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Tor Browser 7.5.6 released

After the Mozilla developers released an update to Firefox browser 61 on June 26, 2018, the Tor project has followed and updated the Tor bundle to Version 7.5.6.

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Windows 10 V1803: Update KB4315567

[German]Microsoft has released an ominous update KB4315567 for Windows 10 V1803 Enterprise on June 26, 2018. But what is behind this ominous update?

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PSA: Windows 10 V1803: Update KB4284848 brings SMBv1 fix

[German]Microsoft has kept its word and delivered the fix for the broken SMBv1 protocol in Windows 10 April Update (V1803) with update KB4284848 in June 2018.

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Firefox 61 released

Mozilla's developers have released Firefox version 61 for Windows, Linux and macOS. Besides some improvements and support for TLS 1.3 there is also a dark theme in the browser.

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