Category Archives: Windows

Windows 11 Home: SMB1 will be disabled and removed in the future

Posted on 2022-04-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just announced that they are disabling support for the SMB1 protocol by default in the Windows 11 Home Insider builds. This is the final phase to finally put SMB1 support in Windows to bed and let it expire. … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Version 21H2 in broad deployment (April 15, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has again expanded the range of machines to which the Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2) will be offered after its release in November 2021 (see Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2) released). Windows 10 20H2 was already updated … Continue reading →

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Chrome 100.0.4896.127 fixes 0-day vulnerability CVE-2022-1364

Posted on 2022-04-15 by guenni

[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome 100.0.4896.127 for Android, as well as for Windows and Mac on the desktop in the stable channel as of April 14, 2022. The update closes the 0-day vulnerability CVE-2022-1364, for which an expliit … Continue reading →

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MS-Patchday wrap-up: Issues with April 2022 updates

Posted on 2022-04-15 by guenni

[German]The security updates Microsoft released on April 12, 2022, has closed numerous vulnerabilities. In particular, the vulnerability CVE-2022-26809 is security-critical and should be patched promptly. The password loop caused by the March 2022 preview updates has also been fixed. But … Continue reading →

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Security: Best Practice, for updating Windows Domain Controllers

Posted on 2022-04-15 by guenni

[German]Enterprise environments often deploy Windows servers that act as domain controllers (DCs). Domain controllers are still a central part of the infrastructure for many companies (despite the trend toward the Azure cloud, according to Microsoft). And the identities stored in … Continue reading →

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

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Windows 11 22H2: ISO of Insider Preview Build 22598 available

Posted on 2022-04-14 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22598 on April 13, 2022 (see this announcement with details on the Windows Blog). Now Microsoft has released an ISO image file of this Windows 11 preview for Windows Insiders. This ISO can … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2022: Update KB5012604 breaks Remote Desktop Gateway

Posted on 2022-04-14 by guenni

[German]A brief note for administrators who are already running Windows Server 2022 in their environment. The update KB5012604 released by Microsoft on April 12, 2022 continues to cause problems. After its installation, the Remote Desktop Gateway can no longer be … Continue reading →

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Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 as of April 12, 2022. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022 Updates (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

[German]On April 12 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which will be released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various problems. In addition, Windows Server … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

[German]On April 12, 2022 (Microsoft's second Tuesday of the month patch day), several cumulative updates were released for supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version). Here are some details about each of the April 2022 … Continue reading →

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