Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10: Microsoft 365 apps will receive updates till 2028

[German]Microsoft has now announced deadlines from which the supply of security updates for Microsoft 365 apps under Windows 10 will end after October 14, 2025, but surprisingly even provides feature updates. There will be a staggered phase-out of these feature … Continue reading

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Windows 11 24H2/Windows Server 2025: VM hangs after July 2025 update; fix with OOB update KB5064489

[German]The security updates for the July 2025 patchday lead to problems in virtual machines. Virtualized instances of Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 24H2 may no longer start under Hyper-V or VMware ESXi. The same applies to Windows 11 24H … Continue reading

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WmiPrvSE.exe causes high CPU load due to Dell Alienware Command Center

[German]I'm posting a finding here in the blog that I came across on the web earlier this year. A user was plagued by a high CPU load under Windows, which was ostensibly caused by the Windows process WmiPrvSE.exe. At the … Continue reading

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WSUS sync should work again – July 2025 issue fixed

[German]Brief information for administrators in corporate environments who use Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to distribute updates. The service has been unable to synchronize with Microsoft endpoints since 9 July 2025. This problem should be fixed, Microsoft has fixed something … Continue reading

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WSUS has synchronization problems (July 9, 2025)

[German]Since July 9, 2025 (C.E.T.) German blog readers reporting, that their Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) are failing to sync with Microsoft's update servers. The endpoint from Microsoft isn't reachable and WSUS can't download the July 2025 security updates from … Continue reading

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

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Patchday: Windows Server Updates (July 8, 2025)

[German]On July 8, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below I have extracted the provided updates along with some details for these Windows Server versions … Continue reading

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Patchday: Windows 10/11 Updates (July 8,  2025)

[German]On July 8 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released cumulative updates for the still supported client operating system versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (July 8, 2025)

[German]Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office and other products on July 8, 2025. The security updates fixes 128 vulnerabilities (CVEs), one were classified as 0-day.  The following is a compact overview of the updates released on … Continue reading

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Hyper-V vTPM certificates: VM export and migration

[German]A TMP platform module (vTPM) is required for the virtualization of Windows 11 or Windows Server 2025. The Hyper-V virtualization platform included in Windows allows vTPN and other options to be configured. However, the problem is when such a VM … Continue reading

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ReFS file system: Fix for CPU/RAM utilization bug in Windows Server 2025 in August 2025?

[German]In Windows Server 2025, there is a problem that ReFS-formed disks lead to high CPU/RAM utilization, so that the server becomes unusable over time and has to be restarted. There are now indications that this bug will be fixed by … Continue reading

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