Category Archives: Update

Windows 10: Desktop and taskbar issues or freezing confirmed and fixed

[German]Users of Windows 10 version 20H2 to 22H2 may be experiences a bug that causes the system to freeze or the desktop or taskbar to disappear shortly. This is caused by an August 2022 update. Microsoft has now confirmed the … Continue reading

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Oct. 2022 Firmware update bricks HP printer with Error 49 or 79

[German]I have often reported about firmware updates for printers here in the blog. One point are security updates that close vulnerabilities in printers. The other point are firmware updates that reduce the functionality of a printer – for example to … Continue reading

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WordPress Version 6.1.1 released

The developers have released WordPress version 6.1.1 on November 15, 2022. It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix 28 bugs in the core and 18 bugs in the block editor. Details can be found in the release … Continue reading

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

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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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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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