Category Archives: Update

Windows 10: Update errors 0x8024xxxx detailed

[German]Windows 10 throw sometimes error codes of the type 0x8024xxxxxx when installing updates. Within this blog post I have summarized several of these error codes with the plain text error messages..

Posted in issue, Update, Windows | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Windows 10: Radeon Graphics Driver Update KB4057291

[German]Owners of older Radeon graphics cards (HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000) are struggling with display issues since November 2017. Microsoft now released update KB4057291 on December 18, 2017, to fix the multi-monitor display issues in Windows 10 Creators Update … Continue reading

Posted in Update, Windows | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Windows 10 V1709: Issues with Update KB4054517

[German]User of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) may be experiencing installation problems with update KB4054517. Here is some information.

Posted in Update, Windows | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – III

[German]In parts 1 and 2 of the article series, I picked up a hint from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). In part 3 I sketch another … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Update, Windows | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – II

[German]In part 1 of the article series I had published a note from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). Part 2 deals with the e-mail correspondence between … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Update, Windows | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Security Update to Google Chrome 63.0.3239.108

Google's Chrome developers has released a security update for this browser that changes the version to 63.0.3239.108. Here are a few details about this update.

Posted in browser, Linux, Update, Windows | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – I

[German]Blog reader Karl (al Qamar) informed me a while ago about a problem with securiy updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (Redistributables). Here are his findings about the issues.

Posted in Security, Update, Windows | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Windows 10: Update Error 0x80248014

[German]Windows users sometimes running into error code 0x80248014 during an update. This can also occur during updating apps from the store, or when updating the virus scanners of Windows Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials.

Posted in issue, Update, Windows | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Security update for iCloud for Windows

A serious vulnerability in Apple's HTML rendering engine WebKit also affects the iCloud client for Windows. Apple has now released a security update of the iCloud client to fix these vulnerabilities.

Posted in Cloud, Security, Update, Windows | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Patchday: Windows 10 Updates December 12, 2017

[German]On December 12, 2017 Microsoft released a couple of cumulative updates for all supported Windows 10 builds. Here is an overview what's patched.

Posted in Update, Windows | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment