Category Archives: Windows

Adobe Acrobat Prof XI kills Internet Explorer favorites

Posted on 2018-06-24 by guenni

[German]Today still a short contribution, to which a Blog reader drew my attention. The Adobe Acrobat Prof XI probably has side effects with Internet Explorer 11, where the favorites can no longer be edited under Windows 10.

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Windows 10 V1607-V1709: Updates from June 21, 2018

Posted on 2018-06-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released several updates for Windows 10 Anniversary Update (V1607), Windows 10 Spring Creators Update (V1703) and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (V1709) as of June 21, 2018. Here is some information about these updates.

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Outlook 2016: Search doesn’t returns results

Posted on 2018-06-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft Outlook users may run into the issue, that a search in all  mailboxes or address books no longer return results. This is probably due to a recently installed update. A search in contacts that doesn’t return results could be … Continue reading →

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Windows 7/8.1 Preview Rollup Updates (June 2018)

Posted on 2018-06-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the preview rollups KB4284842 for Windows 7 SP1 and KB4284863 for Windows 8.1 on June 19, 2018 (Tuesday). Here is an overview of these updates.

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Windows 10: No support for Microsoft Store un- and re-install

Posted on 2018-06-21 by guenni

[German]Important information for users and administrators of Windows 10, Microsoft says in a new KB article that uninstalling the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 and reinstalling it later is not supported.

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Patched Edge Wavethrough bug revealed web sites content

Posted on 2018-06-21 by guenni

[German]A bug in Microsoft’s Edge browser may have enabled attackers to retrieve the content of other websites that are open in browser tabs. Here are a few details.

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Fix: Windows 10 hangs in update installation loop

Posted on 2018-06-21 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 (and earlier versions of Windows, if applicable) fails in some situation during update installation may be forced into an update install loop. In this blog post I try to sketch what you can do. I wrote the hints … Continue reading →

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June 2018 Patchday: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

Posted on 2018-06-19 by guenni

[German]Has a KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED Blue Screen recently appeared on your Windows systems? Could have something to do with the June 2018 patchday and the Spectre NG update.

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Hotfix for Excel 2013/2016 Chart dll crash bug

Posted on 2018-06-18 by guenni

[German]Users of Excel 2013 and Excel 2016 have been suffering since April 2018 patchday from a bug that crashed the program when accessing charts . But there are hotfixes to fix the problem.

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Windows 10: Update Facilitation Service (KB4056254)

Posted on 2018-06-17 by guenni

[German]Microsoft provides another new Update Facilitation Service for Windows 10 Home and Pro. Here’s some information on this obscure update, that Microsoft provides for Windows 10 versions that are ‘out of support’ since months.

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