Category Archives: Update

No Microsoft Patch-Tuesday so far

Posted on 2017-02-14 by guenni

Today we won't receive Updates from Microsoft. The regular Tuesday updates from Microsoft are delayed. Acording to this Technet post, Microsoft found a last minute bug, that was a show stopper.

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Microsoft confirms: SMBus Controller devices loss functionality through Windows Update

Posted on 2017-02-11 by guenni

[German]Windows Update can seriously damage your Windows installation due to installing a wrong driver. Microsoft has now confirmed such a case with Intel SMBus Controller devices in Windows 7/8.x (and its corresponding server builds).

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Windows 7/8.1: Update KB2952664 / KB2976978 re-released

Posted on 2017-02-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has re-released optional update KB2952664 for Windows 7 SP1 and optional update KB2976978 for Windows 8.1. Both are "snooping" updates for telemetry.

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Office Patchday February 7, 2017

Posted on 2017-02-09 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a couple of non-security updates for it's Office products. Non-security updates for Microsoft Office will be released on first Tuesday of the month. Here are a few details.

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Windows 8.1/10: App-Update Error 0x80073CF0

Posted on 2017-02-02 by guenni

[German]Windows 8.1/10 checks for updates pending for installed app and download the updates from Windows store. Some users are receiving update error 0x80073CF0. If a restart doesn't fix this error, here are a few other hints.

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Will Windows 10 Creators Update be Version 1703 or 1704?

Posted on 2017-02-01 by guenni

In April 2017 Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Creators Update to the public. But which version will we have: Version 1703 or 1704? There are signs, that it will be Version 1703.

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Windows 10 Update error 0x8024001E

Posted on 2017-01-31 by guenni

[German]Some users are receiving error 0x8024001E during updating or downloading apps from Windows Store, or during installing Windows Update. Here are a few hints how to fix this error.

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Windows 10 Version 1607: Update KB3216755 details

Posted on 2017-01-27 by guenni

Microsoft has released update KB3216755 a few days ago for Windows 10 in Release Preview Ring. But there was no details about this patch. Now, the update itself and some details are available.

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Windows 10 Version 1607: Update KB3211320

Posted on 2017-01-25 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released update KB3211320 for Windows 10 Version 1607 on January 24, 2017. Again this update is still undocumented and suspicious. Here are a few details.

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Windows 10: Upgrade error 0x8007001F

Posted on 2017-01-23 by guenni

Is Windows 10 stalling with error 0x8007001F during installing Anniversary Update? Or is this error code thrown during an upgrade from Windows 7/8.1 to Windows 10? Here are a few hints, what could be the root cause for this error.

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