Category Archives: Update

Warning: Windows Server hangs after UEFI Secure Boot (November 2016) Update

Posted on 2016-11-26 by guenni

[German]Administrators of Lenovo Servers should take care. November 2016 Security Update for Boot Manager (3193479) is causing some Lenovo Servers to hang during boot at Lenovo splash screen.

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Update KB3199168 (Office for Mac) re-release

Posted on 2016-11-17 by guenni

Microsoft has re-released a revised version of MS16-133 (Security Update for Microsoft Office (3199168) – this update addresses Microsoft Office for Mac. Here is what Microsoft has send me in a security bulletin.

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Windows Rollup Update Previews Nov 2016 (KB3197868, KB319787, KB3196686)

Posted on 2016-11-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released monthly Preview Rollup Updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 and its corresponding Server variants. Also a Rollup Update Preview for .Net Framework has been released at 11/15/2016.

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Rollup Updates KB3197867, KB3197868 (Windows 7), and KB3197873, KB3197874 (Windows 8.1)

Posted on 2016-11-09 by guenni

Microsoft has released a couple of Rollup updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and the corrospending Server variants at November 8, 2016. Here are the details, what's inside.

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Windows 10: Updates KB3200970, KB3198586, KB3198585

Posted on 2016-11-09 by guenni

Microsoft has released cumulative updates KB3200970 (Windows 10 Version 1607), KB3198586 (Windows 10 Version 1511), and KB3198585 (Windows 10 RTM). This updates are also available for Windows Server 2016.

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Microsoft Patchday November 8, 2016

Posted on 2016-11-09 by guenni

Microsoft has released a couple of security updates for Windows at November patchday. Also CVE-2016-7255 reported by Google has been fixed. Here is an overview.

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Uninstalling ‘uninstallable’ Windows Updates

Posted on 2016-10-21 by guenni

[German]Some Windows updates are installed as permanent and doesn't offer an uninstall option. This blog post shows how to force uninstalling such update packages (works from Windows 7 up to Windows 10).

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Preview Quality Rollup KB3192406 for Windows Server 2012

Posted on 2016-10-19 by guenni

Microsoft has released Preview Quality Rollup KB3192406 for Windows Server 2012 on October 18, 2016.

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Microsoft Update Catalog finally supports different browsers

Posted on 2016-10-19 by guenni

[German]Finally Microsoft has removed the ActiceX dependency in Microsoft Update Catalog. So you can use nearly any browser beside Internet Explorer to access Microsoft Update Catalog.

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Windows 7/8.1: Preview Quality Rollups KB3192403/KB3192404

Posted on 2016-10-18 by guenni

Microsoft has released Preview Quality Rollups KB3192403 (Windows 7) and KB3192404 (Windows 8.1) on October 18, 2016.

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