Category Archives: Windows

Windows SMBv3 0-day vulnerability CVE-2020-0796

Posted on 2020-03-11 by guenni

[German]There is a serious but unpatched vulnerability in the SMBv3 network protocol in Windows. This could allow the spread of worms, but is not currently exploited. Microsoft provided the information in a security advisory yesterday.

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Patchday Windows 10-Updates (March 10, 2020)

Posted on 2020-03-11 by guenni

[German]On March 10, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about the respective updates.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (March 10 2020)

Posted on 2020-03-11 by guenni

[German]On March 10, 2020, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and other updates for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 10, 2020)

Posted on 2020-03-10 by guenni

[German]On March 10, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here is a compact overview of these updates.

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Windows 10: News about driver updates from March 2020

Posted on 2020-03-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced new details about the changed automatic device driver rollout via Windows Update. Frequently used devices should get these drivers first.

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

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Operating System / Windows / Browser Share (Feb. 2020)

Posted on 2020-03-10 by guenni

[German]We already have March 2020, and Windows 7 has already fallen out of support in January. So it is time to take a look at the current market share of desktop operating systems as of late February 2020.

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Does Windows 10 V1803 Home/Pro still get updates?

Posted on 2020-03-09 by guenni

[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

Posted on 2020-03-08 by guenni

[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

Posted on 2020-03-08 by guenni

[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

Posted on 2020-03-08 by guenni

[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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