Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10 Version 2004: Issues with DVBViewer drivers

Posted on 2020-06-08 by guenni

[German]Users who use DVB receivers (SAT TV) via appropriate TV cards or TV receiver sticks should not upgrade to Windows 10 version 2004. There are probably serious issues with drivers, the Windows Filtering Platform and the digital data streams

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Windows 10: PoC for SMBGhost vulnerability

Posted on 2020-06-06 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 10 systems should patch them, as a new proof of concept (PoC) for the SMBGhost vulnerability has become public. Here are a few details about that.

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Windows 10 2004: Upgrade fail due to drive letter on boot partition

Posted on 2020-06-06 by guenni

[German]German blog reader Tibor simandi Kallay has sent me an e-mail alert about a problem when upgrading to Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004). The upgrade fails at 30% of the installation with a message about invalid registry paths. … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Version 2004: Issue with Optane Systems

Posted on 2020-06-05 by guenni

[German]Users of systems with Intel Optane storage technology should not upgrade to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004 version). This will cause issues – but there is a workaround from Intel.

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PowerToys 0.18.2 released

Posted on 2020-06-05 by guenni

[German]After Microsoft released version 0.18 on May 20, 2020 and version 0.18.1 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours later, version 0.18.2 is now available with further bug fixes.

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Windows 10 V2004: Downloads removed from disk cleanup

Posted on 2020-06-05 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has probably reacted to the user feedback and removed the option to clean the Downloads folder via Disk Cleanup. A protection against accidental deletion of files.

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Windows 10: Chromium Edge are rolled out to user

Posted on 2020-06-04 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has begun rolling out the Chromium Edge via Windows Update to additional users who are not participating in the Windows Insider Preview program.

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Windows 10: Insider Preview Build 19635

Posted on 2020-06-03 by guenni

[German]On June 3, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19640 (20H2 development branch) for insiders in the Fast Ring. The announcement was made in the Windows Blog, where references to this build can be found. Microsoft has … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Version 2004: Forced upgrade without user consent

Posted on 2020-06-03 by guenni

[German]The new Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004) has been generally available since May 27, 2020 and is being rolled out only slowly. But I have already seen reports that systems are automatically updated to Windows 10 Version 2004 … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Version 2004 Upgrade Issues with Surfaces

Posted on 2020-06-02 by guenni

[German]It appears that two Surface models (Surface Pro 7 and Surface Laptop 3) are having problems upgrading to Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004 version). The new Windows 10 is not compatible with these devices. Addenum: Also Surface Book 3 … Continue reading →

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