Category Archives: Windows

0patch fixes Windows 7 LNK vulnerability CVE-2020-0729

Posted on 2020-04-04 by guenni

[German]ACROS Security has released a micro patch for the "Stuxnet-like" LNK RCE vulnerability CVE-2020-0729. This is micro patch is available via the 0patch agent for unpatched Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems.

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AdwCleaner 8.0.4 closes again a DLL Hijacking vulnerability

Posted on 2020-04-04 by guenni

[German]On March 3, 2020, Malwarebytes released the tool AdwCleaner 8.0.4. It's a maintenance release.  The update fixes a DLL hijacking vulnerability that I reported to the developers.

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Windows 10/Microsoft Surface: Boot error 0xc0000098

Posted on 2020-04-04 by guenni

[German]Windows users – and especially users of Windows 10 and Microsoft Surface devices – are affected from time to time by the boot error 0xc0000098. I will therefore prepare the whole thing again in a blog post

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Windows 10: “Socket Error 0×2200021” and WiFi issues

Posted on 2020-04-03 by guenni

[German]Since April 1, 2020, there have been complaints from Windows 10 users in Italian Microsoft forums reporting WiFi problems in connection with an update. The socket error 0×2200021 is triggered. Here is some information about this. Update: It turns out, … Continue reading →

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Does Windows 10 VPN Bug-Fix Update cause Teams issues?

Posted on 2020-04-02 by guenni

[German]A brief question: Does somebody expects issues with Microsoft Teams after installing the out-of-band updates to fix the Windows 10 VPN internet connectivity bug (like update KB4554364)? One user reported, that the receive error 4c7 during Teams re-login.

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

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Windows 10 and the broken feature settings

Posted on 2020-04-02 by guenni

[German]The settings in Windows 10 are permanent under construction – or in other words 'simply broken'. Things that are changed in the control panel are simply not considered in the settings page. For example, Windows 10 doesn't properly apply the … Continue reading →

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Windows: Important driver update for Nvidia and Realtek

Posted on 2020-04-02 by guenni

[German]Nvidia has released the GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 445.78 for Windows to solve a problem. And Realtek has released Windows HDA drivers for several Lenovo ThinkCentre machines.

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Windows Admin Center Preview 1910.2

Posted on 2020-04-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released the Windows Admin Center as Preview 1910.2 on March 31, 2020. The preview is available for Windows Insider. Here is some information on this topic, which might be of interest for administrators in corporate environments

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Windows 10: PowerToys Version 0.16 released

Posted on 2020-04-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released version 0.16.0 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours ago. The new version brings the ImageResizer and the Window Walker.

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Windows 10 News Bar …

Posted on 2020-04-01 by guenni

[German]Sometime soon, Windows 10 will get a so-called news bar. Then important messages will be displayed above the taskbar during operation.

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