Category Archives: Update

Windows 11 21H2: Preview-Update KB5019157 (Nov. 15, 2022)

[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5019157 for Windows 11 version 21H2 on November 15, 2022. There are a number of new features and especially a long list of bug fixes. Below I give an overview regarding these … Continue reading

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Windows 10 20H2-22H2 Preview Update KB5020030 (Nov. 15, 2022)

[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5020030 on November 15, 2022 (C-Week). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 21H2-21H2. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10.

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Thunderbird 102.5.0

[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update to the email client to version 102.5.0 on November 15, 2022 (thanks to the reader for pointing this out). It's a bug-fix update that should fix a number of issues and also … Continue reading

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Windows Server 2019 ignores GPO defaults for install/restart since Nov. 2022

[German]Today another observation from an administrator regarding update management via WSUS. On a Windows Server 2019, the defaults are set via GPO so that updates are automatically installed every Monday/Thursday at 1am and the server should be restarted afterwards. But … Continue reading

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Firefox 107.0 and 102.5.0 esr released

[German]Mozilla's developers have released the versions 107.0.0 and 102.5.0 ESR of the Firefox browser on November 15, 2022. The ESR versions are maintenance updates that are supposed to fix bugs. Firefox 107 is a new development branch. In both updates, … Continue reading

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft confirms Kerberos authentication issues after Nov. 2022 updates

[German]Microsoft has confirmed another issue with Kerberos authentication on Windows as of November 13, 2022 in conjunction with the November 2022 updates. I had already reported that the November 8, 2022 security updates could lead to these. Now Microsoft has … Continue reading

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Microsoft confirms Direct Access issues after Nov. 2022 updates

[German]Microsoft has confirmed a problem with Direct Access connections on Windows 10 and Windows 11 as of November 13, 2022. I had already reported that the security updates from November 8, 2022 can lead to connection problems with Direct Acess. … Continue reading

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Windows 10 21H1-22H2: Out-of-the Box Experience update KB5020683 (Nov. 11, 2022)

[German]Microsoft has released a so-called Out-of-the-Box Experience Update for Windows 10 on November 11, 2022, surprisingly for me. This is already available for Windows 10 versions 21H1, 21H2 and 22H2, but it only applies to systems with Windows 10 Home … Continue reading

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DirectAccess fails after Windows Updates from November 2022

[German]There seems to be a problem with the November 2022 security updates for Windows. At least for Windows 11 22H2, I have reports that DirectAccess connections in the network no longer work after the update installation. But there are also … Continue reading

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (November 8, 2022)

[German]On (November 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. The updates are available for the installable MSI version of Microsoft Office (the click-to-run packages obtain … Continue reading

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