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Category Archives: Windows
Windows 11: Microsoft fixes issues rendering colors correctly
[German]Since the release of Windows 11, users have complained about problems with color management and that the use of ICC color profiles does not work. Now Microsoft has fixed the problem, which was officially confirmed in 2021, with the preview … Continue reading
Do Windows updates bricks Lenovo computers?(Jan. 2022)
[German]Today I have a quick question for users and service providers who own or support Lenovo devices. I have seen reports that these devices (especially in the consumer sector) suddenly no longer boot after a Windows update (possibly January 2022 … Continue reading
PDF printing issues with Adobe Reader under Windows (Jan. 2022)
[German]It seems that the Adobe Reader DC is causing printin^g issues in Windows since January 2022. I received reports that there have been issues with printing PDF documents since about 2 weeks. It is not an isolated case, because the … Continue reading
Windows 11 / Windows Server 2022 Preview Update (Jan. 25, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released some optional, cumulative (preview) updates on January 25, 2022 (D-Week). These are intended to fix various bugs in Windows 10, Windows 11 and in the corresponding Windows Server versions. Below, I provide an overview regarding these updates … Continue reading
Windows 10 / Windows Server Preview Update (Jan. 25, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released some optional, cumulative (preview) updates on January 25, 2022 (D-Week). These are intended to fix various bugs in Windows 10, Windows 11 and in the corresponding Windows Server versions. Below, I provide an overview regarding these updates … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Status of January 2022 security updates from Microsoft (2022/01/25)
[German]We are in the so-called D-Week, regarding updates by Microsoft for products like Windows or Office. Whether there are (preview) updates today that anticipate the patches for February 2022, I don't know. But after there were massive problems with the … Continue reading
Windows January 2022 updates bricks Active Directory Federation Services
[German]It seems, that the January 2022 security updates like KB5009557 bricks Active Directory Federation Services ADFS-Farm-Servers. I receive a report, where update KB5009557 breaks LDAP queries to domain controllers from a ADFS Farm Server. Here are a few details about … Continue reading
Windows 10/11: Which group policies should no longer be used in patch management
[German]Today another topic for administrators of Windows systems (Windows 10 and Windows 11) to which Microsoft has commented the days. It is about group policies that can be used in these clients to manage restrictions. At one point it looks … Continue reading
Vulnerabilities in McAfee Agent allows privilege escalation and code execution as Windows SYSTEM
[German]McAfee Agent for Windows is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a serious vulnerability, allowing program code to execute with Windows SYSTEM privileges. The vendor has since corrected the CVE-2022-0166 vulnerability, which was introduced into products such as McAfee Endpoint … Continue reading
Windows 10 20H2 will be upgraded to Windows 21H2 (January 20, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has adjusted its machine learning programs so that machines running Windows 10 version 20H2 are now updated more broadly and automatically to Windows version 21H2. This is Microsoft's response to the fact that support for version 20H2 is about … Continue reading