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Category Archives: Windows
Windows 10: Experiments with Windows 10X setup dialogs
[German]For years, the setup procedure of a Windows 10 system has hardly changed. Now Microsoft is suddenly experimenting heavily with new setup options that are displayed during the OOBE phase. In the new Insider Preview 20231, for example, setup dialogs … Continue reading
Microsoft revamps Office and Windows support pages
[German]Microsoft plans to redesign the support pages for Microsoft Office and Windows in the future. On the support pages Redmond will provide information about updates for the respective products.
Windows 10 Update KB4583263: Fix for HP Battery Health Manager
[German]Microsoft and HP have released update KB4583263 for different Windows 10 versions on October 8, 2020. This optional update is intended to fix issues with HP Battery Health Manager settings on various HP business notebooks.
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20231: Tailored Setup
[German]Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20231 for Windows Insider in the Developer Channel on October 7, 2020. A customized installation with some Insiders is also tested. In addition, this Windows 10 Build is available for download … Continue reading
Raccine: Protect volume shadow copies from ransomware
[English]Interesting story – a security researcher has developed a tool called Raccine as a simple protection against ransomware. This should prevent ransomware or other malware from deleting the volume shadow copies on Windows NTFS drives.
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 ...
Windows 10: Has Telnet been removed as a feature?
[German]Strange observation of a blog-reader, which I will discuss here. It's about the telnet function, which can be installed as an optional feature. The program was suddenly gone and could only be found as a copy in a cache. Here … Continue reading
Windows 10: Disable Bing in the search
[German]If you are annoyed by the Bing search in the Windows 10 start menu search, you can turn it off. For this purpose a registry key is available, which can be set via group policy or directly as an entry. … Continue reading
Microsoft Defender Package for Windows Install-image Updates
[German]Microsoft has released a PowerShell script package that allows installation images of Windows 10 and Windows Server to already have an updated Microsoft Defender. This should reduce the vulnerability of a new installation.
Microsoft ends Office Lense Support at the end of 2020
[German]Small message to Windows 10 users: Microsoft informed us, that the development of the Office Lense-App for Windows 10 will be stopped at the end of 2020.
HP Device Manager: Database backdoor puts Windows at risk
[German]The HP Device Manager used to manage HP thin clients seems to have a backdoor in some versions in the form of a preconfigured user account in a database. This puts the underlying Windows at risk, because ist could be … Continue reading