Category Archives: Windows

Operating-System/Browser share (January 2020)

[German]It's early February 2020, and Windows 7 has reached end of support. Time to take a look at the current market shares of desktop operating systems as of the end of January 2020.

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Windows 10 V1909 Enterprise: Telemetry can be deactivated

[German]The transfer of telemetry data to Microsoft can be completely disabled in Windows 10 Enterprise November 2019 Update (Version 1909). This is the result of an analysis by the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision.

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Windows 10: Issues with Update KB4528760 / KB4532695

[German]Microsoft released the KB4528760 and KB4532695 updates for Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 in January 2020. In the blog post I give a short summary of issues users have encountered during the last days.

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Windows 7 End of Live: Ubuntu promotes a switch to Linux

[German]Windows 7 SP1 will no longer receive security updates for the majority of users from January 14 , 2020. The Ubuntu team have seized the opportunity and are promoting a switch to Linux. Something like Bye Microsoft, Hello Linux'. I … Continue reading

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Windows 10 and the background Group Policy refresh

[German]Today a topic for Windows administrators, which can cause trouble. It's about updating group policies in the background, a problem that a blog reader brought to my attention.

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

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Add Dynamic Updates to Windows 10 Media

[German]Brief information for users who intend to build a Windows 10 installation media with integrated dynamic updates. I came across an article that discusses this approach.

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Windows 10: Intel Microcode Updates Jan. 30, 2020

[German]Microsoft has released another batch of microcode updates for Intel CPUs on 30 January 2020 with the update KB4497165 for Windows 10.

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Windows 10 V1909: Power Management and the GPO trap

[German]If you need a notification of low battery capacity on notebooks under Windows 10 version 1909, you should pay attention to the group policy settings. Otherwise, no more notifications will be sent.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19555

On January 30, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19555.1001 (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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Windows 7 antivirus protection in 2020

[German]In this blog post I like to give a short overview for Windows 7 users who continue to use the operating system and are looking for antivirus software.

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