Category Archives: Windows

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

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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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Fix: Windows 10 driver blocked by core isolation

Posted on 2020-03-07 by guenni

[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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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19577

Posted on 2020-03-06 by guenni

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

Posted on 2020-03-05 by guenni

[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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