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End of support for Windows 7/8.1 on January 10, 2023, for Windows Server 2012 R2 in October
[German]On January 10, 2023, Windows 8.1 and the operating systems Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2, which have been in the Extended Security Update Program (ESU) for three years, will receive security updates for the last time. Then … Continue reading
Windows: Microsoft Workaround for ODBC SQL connection issues (Jan. 5, 2023)
[German]Since the release of the November 2022 updates, issues can occur when accessing SQL databases. This has already been admitted by Microsoft. Here on the blog, readers had suggested a workaround in the form of an ODBC driver replacement. Now … Continue reading
Firefox 108.0.2 released; Mozilla freezes user agent string on Firefox 110 because of IE 11
[German]The Mozilla developers have released version 108.0.3 of the Firefox browser on January 5, 2022. It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix two bugs and also brings a small change under macOS. In addition, at this point … Continue reading
Microsoft Teams update process explained
[German]Microsoft Teams does not update via Windows Update or via Office updates. Instead, the Teams client uses its own update strategy to keep itself current. Microsoft revealed some details about the Microsoft Teams update process in October 2022.
Microsoft Office Updates (January 3, 2023)
[German]As of January 3, 2023 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, there are only updates for Microsoft Office 2016, fixing crash errors in Access ODBC accesses and in … Continue reading
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 ...
Surface Laptop 2: End of support on December 27, 2022
[German]A brief note for owners of a Microsoft Surface Laptop 2. Today, December 27, 2022, Microsoft's support for this device expires. A quick look at what this means for owners of such a device and how long this model was … Continue reading
Thunderbird 102.6.1
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to20. December 2022 another update of the email client to version 102.6.1 released. It is a bug-fix update, which should fix some problems. In addition, a vulnerability that … Continue reading
Windows Server 2019/2022: Out-of-Band Updates fixes Hyper-V Issue (Dec. 20, 2022)
[German]The security updates rolled out by Microsoft on the December 2022 patchday lead to problems with Hyper-V in certain constellations. New VMs can no longer be created, existing VMs have problems with Ethernet connections, etc. Microsoft has now released a … Continue reading
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Direct Access Issues fixed with Dec. 2022 Updates
[German]The security updates from November 8, 2022 for Windows, caused Direct Access connection issues. Microsoft had already confirmed this for Windows 10 and Windows 11 as of November 13, 2022, and wrote, that preview updates from October 2022 was the … Continue reading
Windows 10: Sept. 2022 preview updates cause shell issues with taskbar, start menu, explorer
[German]Since the rollout of security update KB5018410 from Oct. 11, 2022 (or even through the Sept. 2022 preview update), issues with the taskbar, Start menu, apps and also Windows Explorer can occur under Windows 10 (20H2 to 22H2). Microsoft has … Continue reading