Category Archives: Update

Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1 (December 12, 2017)

Posted on 2017-12-13 by guenni

[German]On December 12, 2017, Microsoft released a couple of updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and the corresponding Windows Server versions. Here is an overview what's patched.

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Windows 10: Update error 0x80096004

Posted on 2017-12-09 by guenni

[German]Occasionally, the installation of updates under Windows terminates with error code 0x80096004. Most recently, it seems to have hit users of Windows 10 Insider Previews. Here is some information about the update error.

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Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Malware Protection Engine (CVE-2017-11937 and CVE-2017-11940)

Posted on 2017-12-07 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's Malware Protection Engine has a critical memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote code execution. Microsoft released a security advisory on December 6, 2017 and says corresponding security updates are available. Here are what I found out till now. [Update: … Continue reading →

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November 2017: Patchday issues (WSUS, IE …)

Posted on 2017-12-07 by guenni

The updates released from Microsoft end of November 2017 brought some bad surprises for administrators. And users are facing also issues with those updates. Here are a few details.

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Windows 10 V1709: Issues with Update KB4051963

Posted on 2017-12-07 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released cumulative update KB4051963 for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (V1709) on November 30, 2017. Now it seems, that this update is causing issues for some users.

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Windows 7: Fix broken Update (Error 0x80248015) 12/4/17

Posted on 2017-12-05 by guenni

[German]Since December 4, 2017 the Update Search in Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2) has been broken. But Microsoft has provided already a fix. For those affected, I briefly document within this blog post what you should know and … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Update causes error code 0x80190001

Posted on 2017-12-05 by guenni

[German]Does Windows 10 ends with an error code 0x80190001 when installing a feature update (upgrade) and aborts the install process? In this blog post I will develop some hints to decode and repair this error.

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Windows 7: Error 0x80248015 in Update Search (Dec. 4, 2017)

Posted on 2017-12-04 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has successfully killed Windows Update search in Windows 7 SP1. Since December 4, 2017 Windows Update search stalls with 0x80248015. Here are a few details and some workarounds.

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Internet Explorer 11 crashes after installing updates?

Posted on 2017-12-04 by guenni

[German]In connection with the latest Windows updates there is (possibly) a problem with Internet Explorer 11 that can cause crashes. In my opinion, this problem occurs in all versions of Windows and it's available since September 2017 patchday.

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Surface Pro LTE: Firmware Update

Posted on 2017-12-03 by guenni

The Surface Pro LTE is just available since hours, now Microsoft has released a 0-Day Firmware update with drivers.

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