Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10 Updates KB4497934, KB4499183 (May 21, 2019)

[German]On May 21, 2019 (3rd Tuesday of the month), Microsoft released several cumulative updates for Windows 10 (V1809 and V1803) and its Windows Server counterparts. Here is an overview of the relevant packages

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Windows 10 Mai 2019 Update released

[German]Microsoft has begun the global rollout of the Windows 10 May 2019 update on May 21, 2019 (3rd Tuesday in May). Windows 10 V1903 is now officially available and can be installed via Media Creation Tool or via update search … Continue reading

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Windows 10: What’s better upgrading or fresh install?

[German]Within the next days we will see Windows 10 May 2019 Update (V1903). Some people asking what's better: Upgrading from an old build to Windows 10 May 2019 Update. Or shall we use a fresh install to keep the system … Continue reading

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Windows Updates: Issues with McAfee and Sophos AV SW

[German]A brief overview of the status of known issued during update installation under Windows, if antivirus software from third party manufacturers is installed. Microsoft warns of security solutions from McAfee and Sophos in the list of known issues for the … Continue reading

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BlueKeep: Windows Remote Desktop Services vulnerability exploits status

[German]What's about the CVE-2019-0708 vulnerability in Windows Remote Desktop services? Microsoft released updates from Windows XP to Windows 7 on May 14, 2019? Are there exploits? Are there tools to test if an environment is vulnerable?

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

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Win 7/8.1: Internet Explorer Update KB4505050 (05/18/2019)

[German]A brief note for Windows users: Microsoft released the KB4505050 cumulative update for Internet Explorer on May 18, 2019. This is a patch that fixes a bug caused from IE 11 update released on last Patchday (May 14, 2019).

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Windows 10 V1809: Issues with Update KB4494441

[German]At the moment there is some confusion about the cumulative update KB4494441 for Windows 10 Version 1809. And there are other issues, that have been reported.

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Windows 10: Reliability update KB4023057 (05/16/2019)

[German]As of May 16, 2019 Microsoft has re-released a new version of the reliability update KB4023057 for Windows 10, version 1507 to version 1803. Here are a few details about this update.

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Windows 10: Intel DCH graphic driver 26.20.100.6861 released

[German]A brief note to Windows 10 users with a Intel GPUs. Intel has released a new version 26.20.100.6861 of its DCH graphics driver for 64-bit versions of Windows 10.

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Windows 10 V1809: Retpoline is automatically active now

[German]Microsoft has automatically activated mitigation against Spectre V2 through Retpoline compiler technology in the kernel for Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019 as of May 14, 2019..

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