Category Archives: Windows

Windows 11 24H2: Sudden network failures/issues after upgrade?

[German]Short information for users or those switching to Windows 11 24H2. I have received reports that users suddenly notice sporadic network connection failures or run into network problems after switching to Windows 11 24H2 (adapters are deactivated and cannot be … Continue reading

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Windows 10/Server 2022: Microsoft confirms SgrmBroker issues after Jan. 2025 update

[German]Microsoft has distributed security updates (e.g. KB5049981 for Windows 10 21H2-22H2) for the January 2025 Patchday (14.1.2025). After installing this update, administrators noticed that the SgrmBroker service (broker for runtime monitoring of system monitoring) no longer starts under Windows 10 … Continue reading

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Windows Server 2022: Out-of-band Update KB5052819 fixes NUMA nodes start issues

[German]Microsoft has released an unscheduled update KB5052819 for Windows Server 2022 on January 18, 2025, which upgrades the OS build to version 20348.3095. This out-of-band update is intended to fix operating system startup problems that can occur on systems with … Continue reading

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Microsoft's Marketing tales: Windows 11 is free for a short time; support for Microsoft 365 app ends in October 2025 for Windows 10

[German]Microsoft reached last week into its marketing bag of tricks again and put some questionable things on the table to promote Windows 11. It says that "Windows 11 is free for a short time". And another joke is unpacked: Microsoft … Continue reading

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Microsoft has started to force the upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 since January 16, 2025

[German]On January 16, 2025, Microsoft decided to open the floodgates for the feature upgrade of Windows 11 machines to version 24H2. This means that more users will suddenly be offered the feature update and their system will be upgraded to … Continue reading

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Windows 11: Virtualbox collides with Hyper-V?

[German]An unpleasant observation that is being discussed in the Virtualbox community. Virtualbox only works under Windows 11 if Hyper-V has been removed as a platform (and other virtualization functions). Apparently the hypervisors (still) collide. But removing Hyper-V and the other … Continue reading

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Attention: Problems with Windows January 2025 updates and Citrix environments (session recordings)

[German]Take care when installing the Windows updates from January 2025 in Citrix environments. Administrators must ensure that the Session Recordings (SR), if installed, are switched off before the update installation. There is a support article from Citrix with some advices … Continue reading

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Review: Windows Patchday issues January 2025

[German]After Microsoft released security updates for Windows on January 14, 2025, there is some feedback on problems. Some systems fail with an installation error, on other systems the update is not offered due to missing SSUs. And there are some … Continue reading

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Windows 10/Server 2022: SgrmBroker service no longer starts after Jan. 2025 update (KB5049981)

[German]Microsoft has distributed the security update KB5049981 for Windows 10 21H2-22H2 for the January 2025 Patchday (14.1.2025). After installing this update, administrators notice that the SgrmBroker service (broker for runtime monitoring of system monitoring) no longer starts. Administrators also notice … Continue reading

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Patchday: Windows Server-Updates (January 14, 2025)

[German]On January 14, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below I have extracted the provided updates including some details for these Windows Server versions (from … Continue reading

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