Category Archives: Windows

Windows 7: Buy and manage ESU licenses – Part 1

Posted on 2020-01-06 by guenni

[German]On January 14, 2020 Windows 7 SP1 reaches End of Life. Business customers can order Windows 7 SP1 Extended Security Updates (ESU). In this blog post, I'll show in detail what customers from small and medium businesses (SMB) need to … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Use Insider Program with a Local Account

Posted on 2020-01-04 by guenni

[German]To test Windows Insider Preview build for Windows 10, Microsoft requires that users are joining the Windows Insider program. But there is a way to do that with a local account.

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Windows 10, the telemetry and the GDPR privacy problem…

Posted on 2020-01-03 by guenni

[German]We have January 2020, Windows 7 reaches the end of live and users shall upgrade to Windows 10 (according to Microsoft's plans). People who jumps on Windows 10 with enthusiasm should keep the telemetry in mind. Just realizing that even … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Update installs mysterious HP Inc. driver

Posted on 2020-01-03 by guenni

[German]Just a brief note: I became aware of a mysterious HP Inc. driver that has been delivered via Windows Update and installs in Windows 10. Here are a few details I know so far.

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Operating system/Windows Market Share (December 2019)

Posted on 2020-01-02 by guenni

[German]It's early January 2020, and Windows 7 will expire this month. Time to take a look at the current market share of desktop operating systems as of the end of December 2019.

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

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Windows 10 V1909 and a possible GPO Issue

Posted on 2019-12-30 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 November 2019 Update (Version 1909), seems to have issues with Group Policy because changes cannot be set reliably. At least a blog reader has made this experience in a test environment.

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Windows 10 Update drops error 0x80070490

Posted on 2019-12-29 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 users may fascing an updates install error 0x80070490. A blog reader recently pointed out a case for this issues with November and December 2019 cumulative updates and outlined how he could solve this.

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Windows 10 V1909: Explorer Bugs and a Wakeup Flaw

Posted on 2019-12-29 by guenni

[German]At the end of the year a short look at the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (Version 1909) and its bugs. An Explorer bug is to be fixed 'soon' – and another bug that wakes up machines in energy-saving mode … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V1909: Deprecated features

Posted on 2019-12-26 by guenni

[German]Also with the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (Version 1909), Microsoft has issued a list of features that are defined as deprecated and will not be developed further. The list of features declared as obsolete can be found on this … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience App closed

Posted on 2019-12-24 by guenni

[German]Vendor NVIDIA has closed a chess hole (DDOS or Privilege Escalation) in its NVIDIA GeForce Experience app with an update. 

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