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August 2019 Updates: Issues with VB6, VBA and VBScript
[German]As of August 2019, Microsoft will cut VBScript support in Internet Explorer. Now there are problems with the Windows security updates from August 2019 in connection with Visual Basic (VB6, VBA and VBScript).
Windows 10 V1903: Error 0x8024200D or 0x800F081F with update KB4512508
[German]There are first (German) user reports that report errors when installing the update KB4512508 for Windows 10 Version 1903 (May 2019 Update). Either error code 0x8024200D or error code 0x800F081F is reported.
Posted in issue, Update, Windows
Tagged 0x800F081F, 0x8024200d, Error, KB4512508, Update, Windows 10
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Windows Updates KB4512506/KB4512486 drops error 0x80092004
[German]A brief information for users who install the August 2019 security updates KB4512506 or KB4512486 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in an installation error 0x80092004. It is highly likely that updates to retrofit SHA-2 support will … Continue reading
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Tagged Error 0x80092004, KB4512486, KB4512506, Update, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
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Symantec/Norton blocks Windows Updates (SHA-2)
[German]Users of Windows systems that have Symantec Antivirus or Norton Antivirus installed are running into trouble as of August 2019-Patchday. These antivirus solutions are blocking the delivery of security updates signed with SHA-2 only, at least on Windows 7 SP1 … Continue reading
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Tagged issue, Update, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2
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Windows: Critical Patches (CVE-2019-1181/CVE-2019-1182) August 13, 2019
[German]As of August 13, 2019 (2nd Tuesday of the month, Patchday) Microsoft has released a series of security updates. These include extremely critical updates that close vulnerabilities exploitable by computer worms (CVE-2019-1181/CVE-2019-1182).
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Patchday Windows 10 Updates (August 13, 2019)
[German]On August 13, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about each update.
Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (August 13, 2019)
[German]On August 13, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.
Microsoft Security Update Summary (August 13, 2019)
[German]As of August 13, 2019, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, etc. Here is a compact overview of these updates.
Fix for issues on Windows share from macOS
[German]Since Microsoft released update KB4503276 of June 2019, users of macOS have had problems accessing shares on Windows machines (clients and servers). SMB1 and LTLM are causing problems. Apple has now published a KB article on this topic.
Some Windows driver vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
[German]Security researchers have found in an analysis of legitimate device drivers that more than 40 drivers from at least 20 hardware vendors are vulnerable to privilege escalation.