Category Archives: Update

Thunderbird 52.7.0

Posted on 2018-03-25 by guenni

[German]Mozilla's developers have released version 52.7.0 of Thunderbird email client. This is a maintenance update designed to fix some bugs in Thunderbird and closes a critical vulnerabilities.

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Windows 7: Preview Rollup Update KB4088881 (03/23/2018)

Posted on 2018-03-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released Preview Rollup Update KB4088881 for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 on March 23, 2018. Here is some information about the update and the answer whether you should install the update … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer Update KB4096040 (March 23, 2018)

Posted on 2018-03-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released on March 23, 2018 security update KB4096040 for Internet Explorer, which replaces KB4089187 was released on March 13, 2018. This update fixes an IE 11 startup problem under Windows 7 SP1. The update is classified as critical.

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Updates for Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2012/R2 (03/21/2018)

Posted on 2018-03-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released the updates KB408888882 and  KB4088883 for Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2012/R2 and KB4088883 for Windows Server 2012 on March 21, 2018.

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Windows 10 Mobile (Version 1703): Fix for PDF rendering bug

Posted on 2018-03-20 by guenni

[German]Users of a Lumia with Windows 10 Mobile who are still using version 1703 can be happy. Microsoft has released an update that fixes the PDF display error in the Microsoft Edge browser.

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Windows 10 Enterprise: Updates and the Telemetry trap

Posted on 2018-03-20 by guenni

[German]A strange observation has been reported to me by a blog reader. If you disable telemetry data transmission on Windows 10 Enterprise, you may not get updates any more.

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Patchday: More Microsoft Updates (March 13, 2018)

Posted on 2018-03-19 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released further updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. for Patchday (March 13, 2018). Here are some more details about selected patches.

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Spectre v2 update March 2018 for Surface Pro (2017)

Posted on 2018-03-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released a new firmware update for its Surface Pro (2017). This should solve various problems and also mitigate the Spectre v2 attack vulnerability. 

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Network issues with Updates KB4088875 / KB4088878

Posted on 2018-03-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's security updates KB4088875 and KB4088878 for Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008, released March 13, 2018, causes serious network issues with virtual network adapters. They lose their static IP address and are switched to DHCP address assignment.

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Update ‘WindowsUpdateTest–System–7/12/2015’ on WSUS

Posted on 2018-03-18 by guenni

[German]It's a strange case I'm stumbled upon last days: A German blog reader observed a very curious update for Windows 7 on WSUS . Here's some information, maybe one of you can confirm this or even better, has an explanation.

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