Category Archives: Windows

Windows Server 2016: Mainstream support ends in 6 months

Posted on 2021-07-14 by guenni

[German]A breif information for in between: Are you aware that the so-called mainstream support for Windows Server 2016 will already end on Jan. 11, 2022? From this point on, this operating system will still get security updates, but no more … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (July 13, 2021)

Posted on 2021-07-13 by guenni

[German]On July 13, 2021, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates released on the July 2021 patchday.

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Windows 10 Feature Upgrade ends with a non bootable media

Posted on 2021-07-12 by guenni

[German]Today another blog post from the category "Windows 10, the mysterious update experience". A blog reader recently drew my attention to a new "upgrade experience" (that's what Microsoft calls it). The Experience is described quite quickly: The unsuspecting user receives … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Release Health page now avialable in 10 languages

Posted on 2021-07-11 by guenni

[German]A little news to end the week, which would not have occurred to me if Microsoft had not made it public. On 9 Jul9 2021, Microsoft proudly announced that its Windows Release Health status page is now available in 10 … Continue reading →

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Microsoft on PrintNightmare vulnerability CVE-2021-34527: Windows is secure after patch

Posted on 2021-07-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has commented on reports that the unscheduled updates to close the PrintNightmare vulnerability CVE-2021-34527 in the Windows Print Spooler service would not eliminate all risks. The message is that if the special updates are installed and Windows is configured … Continue reading →

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

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Windows 10: Microsoft fixes Zebra & Dymo printer issues caused by update (e.g. KB5004945) via KIR

Posted on 2021-07-09 by guenni

[German]After installing updates (e.g. KB5004945, KB5003690, KB5004760), some decicated to close the vulnerabilities in the print spooler service, systems with label printers from Zebra and Dymo experienced printing issues – printing is no longer possible. Until now, the only option … Continue reading →

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Changes and ambiguities in driver updates via WSUS; is Windows 10 bypassing Updates via WSUS?

Posted on 2021-07-09 by guenni

[German]In today's blog post, I'll summarize two things that German blog reader Markus K. pointed out to me by mail. Possibly there are changes in driver updates via WSUS, at least there are and ambiguities. Once he suddenly appears on … Continue reading →

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The Chaos PrintNightmare Emergency Update (July 6/7, 2021)

Posted on 2021-07-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates for the PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-1675) in the Windows Print Spooler service. But these updates seem to end in chaos – it reminds me on the Printer-Gate in March 2021, where Microsoft had to release … Continue reading →

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PrintNightmare out-of-band update also for Windows Server 2012 and 2016 (July 7, 2021)

Posted on 2021-07-08 by guenni

[German]As of July 7, 2021, Microsoft has now also released the emergency update to close the PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-1675) in the Windows Print Spooler services for all Windows versions (the still missing updates for Windows Server versions 2012 and 2016 … Continue reading →

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Out-of-Band Update closes Windows PrintNightmare Vulnerability (July 6, 2021)

Posted on 2021-07-07 by guenni

[German]As of July 6, 2021, in addition to the regular Office updates (see Microsoft Office Patchday (July 6, 2021), Fix for Outlook Crashes), Microsoft has also released an emergency update to close the PrintNightmare vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler. … Continue reading →

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