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Category Archives: Windows
Windows 11 24H2: Performance issues with Intel Core Ultra 200 CPUs – Feb. 2025 update with side effects
[German]The next blog reader with performance problems under Windows 11 24H2 has reached me. The reader set up a system with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU on an ASRock Z890 Pro RS mainboard and installed Windows 11 24H2. … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2: Update KB5051987 fails with installation error 0x800F0838
[German]I have come across a report that the February 2025 update KB5051987 can cause problems during installation. The update cannot be installed in Windows 11 24H2 and aborts with the error code 0x800F0838. The cause is probably a missing Servicing … Continue reading
Windows 10/11: Preview Updates Feb. 2025
[German]Microsoft has released optional, cumulative (preview) updates for Windows 10 22H2 (KB5050081) and Windows 11 24H2 (KB5052093) as well as Windows 11 22H2-23H2 (KB5052094) on February 25, 2025. These updates contain corrections that can be tested and will then be … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2: VMware Workstation Pro 17.x extremely slow
[German]I have received a user message about problems with virtualization using VMware Workstation Pro 17.x on Windows 11 24H2 clients. One user complains that the guest operating systems run extremely slowly. When VMware Workstation is started as a special administrator, … Continue reading
Windows: UDP storm from dasHost.exe
[German]I'll take up a topic for the readership that Frank Carius noticed when he recorded an RTP session via UDP using Wireshark. In the recording, he found a large number of UDP broadcast packets on ports 22222 and 3289. Of … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Windows 10/11 and Server hardening: Timeline for 2025 and beyond
[German]A quick reminder that Microsoft is getting serious about hardening Windows clients and servers for the Kerberos protocol as early as February 2025. Microsoft has also introduced a string length limit to the Kerberos policy for host names. Here is … Continue reading
Windows 11 24H2: System freezes and crashed due to Vmmem ressource consumption
[German]Is there a problem with resource consumption by the Virtual Machine Memory Manager (Vmmemcm) in Windows 11 24H2, which then leads to the system freezing? I have had reports of this since December 2024 – and there seems to be … Continue reading
Windows 11: Still RDP issues (Feb. 2025)?
[German]I am once again addressing the issue of RDP problems under Windows 11 (24H2) here on the blog. After there were already corresponding reports in January 2025, further user comments are appearing that also report problems with Remote Desktop Protocol … Continue reading
WSUS problem: Clients have not logged in since 12.2.2025
[German]A German blog reader contacted me on February 13, 2025 because he was experiencing problems with his WSUS. The Windows clients had not reported to WSUS since February 12, 2025. This could be corrected by reading back the backup. But … Continue reading
Windows function "Location history" deprecated
[German]In my opinion, it is still a left over from the time when Microsoft wanted to make a splash with Windows Mobile phones and Cortana. Back then, the "Location Service" was implemented in Windows. Microsoft has now announced that the … Continue reading