Category Archives: Update

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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Windows 10 V1803: Update KB4284848 (June 26, 2018)

[German]Microsoft released the cumulative update KB4284848 for Windows 10 April Update (V1803) on June 26, 2018. Here are some hints what the update changes. And there has been a Servicing Stack Update KB4338853 released for Windows 10 V1803.

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Microsoft intends to push Office 365, but that thing is slow

[German]Microsoft intends to tighten the 'thumbscrews' at Office and force enterprises customers to subscribe to Office 365. On the other hand, a large number of companies using Office 365 complain about performance issues.

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

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Survey: Satisfaction with Windows Update in Business?

Small hint for administrators who (must) responsible for distributing Windows updates in business environments. There is a survey (not from Microsoft, but from MVP colleague Susan Bradley), which deals with the satisfaction with Windows Update in this area.

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WSUS: Microsoft Update Catalog Import failure

[German]Microsoft has already admitted an issue with WSUS 5.0 (Windows Server 2016) in March 2018. Some or all Updates can't be imported from the Microsoft Update Catalog in WSUS.

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Windows 7/8.1 Preview Rollup Updates (June 2018)

[German]Microsoft has released the preview rollups KB4284842 for Windows 7 SP1 and KB4284863 for Windows 8.1 on June 19, 2018 (Tuesday). Here is an overview of these updates.

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Fix: Windows 10 hangs in update installation loop

[German]Windows 10 (and earlier versions of Windows, if applicable) fails in some situation during update installation may be forced into an update install loop. In this blog post I try to sketch what you can do. I wrote the hints … Continue reading

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Microsoft Exchange Server security update (June 19, 2018)

[German]Microsoft has published a security alert on June 19, 2018. Security Advisory ADV180010 addresses a security updates for the Microsoft Exchange Server. Here are a few details.

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