Category Archives: Windows

Windows Defender extension for Google Chrome

Posted on 2018-04-18 by guenni

[German]Protection against online threads (phishing, malware websites) etc. for the Google Chrome browser? Microsoft makes it possible with a chrome extension. 

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Windows 10 Updates KB4093117 and KB4093120 (04/17/2018)

Posted on 2018-04-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released cumulative updates for Windows 10 (KB4093117, KB4093120) as of April 17, 2018. Here is some information about these updates.

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Windows 7/8.1 Preview Rollup Updates (04/17/2018)

Posted on 2018-04-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released updates for Windows 7 (KB4093113), Windows 8.1 (KB4093121) and the relevant server counterparts as of April 17, 2018. These are the monthly preview rollup updates.

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Windows 10 April 2018 Update: New Name, new game in May?

Posted on 2018-04-18 by guenni

[German]Another ‘water level report’ for the upcoming Windows 10 release. It’s becoming more and more of a running gag; the story behind the Windows 10 feature update to version 1803 – which will now be named as April 2018 Update … Continue reading →

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Temporary profile in Windows caused by Windows Defender?

Posted on 2018-04-18 by guenni

[German]Does Windows Defender in Windows(and Microsoft Security Essentials, MSE) cause user profiles to break and the user to log on with a temporary profile? Here is a short snippet of information on the subject. 

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Here’s why Windows 10 V1803 has been delayed

Posted on 2018-04-17 by guenni

[German]Why did Microsoft postpone the rollout of Windows 10 version 1803 on April 10, 2018? In a today’s blog post Microsoft announced a new Windows 10 build 17134 to the Fast Ring and explained why build 17133 has been withdrawn.

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Patchday: Other Microsoft Updates (April 10, 2018)

Posted on 2018-04-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a couple of updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. for April Patchday (April 10, 2018). Below I added some details to selected patches, which are not included in the other articles linked at the end of … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Spectre V2 Update for AMD-CPUs

Posted on 2018-04-12 by guenni

[German]Finally it seems that Windows 10 systems with AMD CPUs can be protected against the Spectre V2 vulnerability with an update. However, there are a lot of hurdles to overcome in order to enjoy the Spectre V2 protection. Here is … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server April 2018

Posted on 2018-04-11 by guenni

[German]On April 10, 2018 Microsoft released several (security) updates (KB4093118, KB4093108, KB4093114, KB4093115) for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates April 10, 2018

Posted on 2018-04-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds on April 10, 2018. Here are some details about the updates.

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