Category Archives: Windows

Windows 11 24H2: VMware Workstation Pro 17.x extremely slow

Posted on 2025-02-25 by guenni

[German]I have received a user message about problems with virtualization using VMware Workstation Pro 17.x on Windows 11 24H2 clients. One user complains that the guest operating systems run extremely slowly. When VMware Workstation is started as a special administrator, … Continue reading →

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Windows: UDP storm from dasHost.exe

Posted on 2025-02-24 by guenni

[German]I'll take up a topic for the readership that Frank Carius noticed when he recorded an RTP session via UDP using Wireshark. In the recording, he found a large number of UDP broadcast packets on ports 22222 and 3289. Of … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11 and Server hardening: Timeline for 2025 and beyond

Posted on 2025-02-22 by guenni

[German]A quick reminder that Microsoft is getting serious about hardening Windows clients and servers for the Kerberos protocol as early as February 2025. Microsoft has also introduced a string length limit to the Kerberos policy for host names. Here is … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: System freezes and crashed due to Vmmem ressource consumption

Posted on 2025-02-21 by guenni

[German]Is there a problem with resource consumption by the Virtual Machine Memory Manager (Vmmemcm) in Windows 11 24H2, which then leads to the system freezing? I have had reports of this since December 2024 – and there seems to be … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: Still RDP issues (Feb. 2025)?

Posted on 2025-02-20 by guenni

[German]I am once again addressing the issue of RDP problems under Windows 11 (24H2) here on the blog. After there were already corresponding reports in January 2025, further user comments are appearing that also report problems with Remote Desktop Protocol … Continue reading →

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WSUS problem: Clients have not logged in since 12.2.2025

Posted on 2025-02-19 by guenni

[German]A German blog reader contacted me on February 13, 2025 because he was experiencing problems with his WSUS. The Windows clients had not reported to WSUS since February 12, 2025. This could be corrected by reading back the backup. But … Continue reading →

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Windows function "Location history" deprecated

Posted on 2025-02-18 by guenni

[German]In my opinion, it is still a left over from the time when Microsoft wanted to make a splash with Windows Mobile phones and Cortana. Back then, the "Location Service" was implemented in Windows. Microsoft has now announced that the … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: Install issues on ASUS devices fixed

Posted on 2025-02-18 by guenni

[German]Since October 2024, owners of ASUS computers that appear to be formally compatible with Windows 11 24H2 have faced the problem that no feature upgrade was offered or the installation failed. Microsoft has now resolved this problem and removed the … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: Update KB5051987 breaks Explorer

Posted on 2025-02-18 by guenni

[German]Am 11. Februar 2025 (zweiter Dienstag im Monat, Patchday bei Microsoft) hat Microsoft auch das kumulative Update KB5051987 für Windows 11 24H2 freigegeben. Nun gibt es Berichtet, dass dieses Update nicht nur Installationsprobleme verursacht, sondern bei Installation den Windows Explorer … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: Microsoft has published new CPU lists (Feb. 2025)

Posted on 2025-02-17 by guenni

[German]To officially install Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft requires the use of a compatible CPU. An updated list of compatible CPUs for AMD and Intel was published a few days ago. Not much has really changed – AMD has added a … Continue reading →

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