Category Archives: Update

July 2016 firmware update for Surface 3

Posted on 2016-07-27 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released recently a few firmware updates for Surface tablet PCs. Currently a July 2016 firmware update for Surface 3 is in preparation.

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Windows 8.1 July 2016 Update Rollup KB3172614

Posted on 2016-07-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a July 2016 Update Rollup KB3172614 for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding Server platforms. Here are a few details about this update rollup.

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Update Rollup KB3172605 for Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 R2 SP1 screws up Bluetooth

Posted on 2016-07-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has release update rollup KB3172605 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 at 07/21/2016. This update shall fix a few non security issues, but breaks (Intel) Bluetooth.

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Optional Windows updates KB3035583, KB3173040 (July 19, 2016)

Posted on 2016-07-20 by guenni

Microsoft has released some optional updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 on July 19, 2016. Both updates mentioned above are well known.

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Windows 10: Upgrade error 0xC1900101 – 0x20003

Posted on 2016-07-18 by guenni

Some users are receiving error 0xC1900101 – 0x20003 during upgrade from Windows 7 SP1/8.1 to Windows 10. Here are a an explanation, what's the root cause and few tips/workarounds to overcome this error.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP2 and JDBC driver 6.0 released

Posted on 2016-07-17 by guenni

Just a short information for users of Microsoft's SQL Server. Microsoft has released a Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2014. And there are a new Microsoft JDBC Driver 6.0 and SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for SQL Server … Continue reading →

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Windows 7: Slow update search (July 2016)

Posted on 2016-07-17 by guenni

Many users are reporting a slow update search in Windows 7 since the last months. Also high CPU load on one kernel has been observed. Here are a few tips to speed up Windows 7 update search.

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Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB3172988 for KB3172985

Posted on 2016-07-15 by guenni

On patch day Microsoft has released Update KB3172985 for Windows 10 (Version 1511). This update has been exchanged by KB3172988. Also update KB3172989 has been released for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5.

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Microsoft explains the KB3159398 GPO problem

Posted on 2016-07-07 by guenni

Microsoft's update KB3159398, released on patch day June 14, 2016, is causing serious problems in Windows Group Policy. Now Microsoft explains what's happened.

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Microsoft Update-Summary: Windows and Office (July 5, 2016)

Posted on 2016-07-06 by guenni

Microsoft has released several non-security updates for Windows 7/8.1 and Office 2007 – 2016 at July 5, 2016. Here is a short summary.

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