Category Archives: Windows

Does Windows 10 V1803 Home/Pro still get updates?

[German]Strange story told to me by a blog reader. Although Windows 10 version 1803 was dropped from support on November 12, 20918 for Home and Pro, he still get cumulative updates. Addendum: Got feedback from several users, that Windows 10 … Continue reading

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Windows 10 Insider Preview: Changes in Telemetry Options

[German]In future Windows 10 versions, Microsoft intends to 'rename' the options for telemetry data acquisition – but the content will not change. This is stated in the announcement for the last Insider Preview.

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Issues integrating Updates in a Windows Embedded 7 image

[German]There is an issue with integrating the latest updates from January 2020 into Windows Embedded Standard 7 installation images. Microsoft blocks the update installation on newer hardware. The Windows setup then fails with the error 0x80240037 – 'unsupported hardware'.

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Windows Server 2019: Defender Performance Issues

[German]Will there be major performance issues during running Windows Server 2019? Then Windows Defender may be the cause, as I read a few days ago.

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Fix: Windows 10 driver blocked by core isolation

[German]Microsoft has published a support article on how to fix an issue, that drivers are blocked from getting loaded by the security feature 'core isolation' introduced in Windows 10.

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

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19577

On March 5, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19577 (20H2 development branch) for Insiders in the Fast Ring. In the Windows Blog, Microsoft lists the bug fixes and known issues of this build.

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Security Updates: Chrome 80.0.3987.132 / Edge 80.0.361.66

[German]Google has released a security update for the Chrome 80.0.3987.132 on 3 March 2020. Microsoft's developers followed on March 4, 2020 and released a security update for the Chromium Edge browser. This updates the browser to version 80.0.361.66.

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CCleaner v5.64.7613 released

[German]Today a blog post about CCleaner. There is an update to version v5.64.7613, that has been released on March 3, 2020. Here are a few details about this free software for Windows.

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Windows 7: Securing with the 0patch solution – Part 2

[German]In Part 1, I described how I was able to install the February 2020 security update on Windows 7 SP1 using an ESU license and the ByPassESU solution. Part 2 now deals with securing a Windows 7 SP1 system after … Continue reading

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Windows 7: Forcing February 2020 Security Updates – Part 1

[German]Still using Windows 7 and interested installing the security updates from February 2020, although support for the operating system in January 2020 has fallen out of support? In this blog post I will outline an overview of several options.

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