Category Archives: Windows

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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Microsoft Intune 1905 requires TPM chip for Windows 10

Microsoft has just started rolling out the Microsoft Intune 1905 Features. There is an option for compliance policy for a TPM chipset in Windows 10 devices. Who wants to use this option for Windows 10 has to make sure that … Continue reading

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (May 14, 2019)

[German]On May 14, 2019, Microsoft released several (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and further updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Critical update for Windows XP up to Windows 7 (May 2019)

[German]On May 14, 2019, Microsoft released an urgend security update for older Windows versions up to Windows 7 that closes a critical vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 in Remote Desktop Services. The vulnerability is considered to be so critical that Windows XP and … Continue reading

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Windows 10 V1809: Crashes during using ZIP archives?

[German]In this blog post I would like to discuss a possible issue with unpacking ZIP files under Windows 10 V1809. The Explorer may hang during unpacking the archive.

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Windows 10 on 825 Million devices, market share and more

[German]Exciting question: On how many devices does Windows 10 actually run now? And what is the operating system share on desktops? I came across several information during the last days that I would like to present here.

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Windows 7 upgrade to Windows 10 with SCCM fails on OEM machines

[German]System administrators who tries to upgrade Windows 7 machines to Windows 10 via SCCM need to be careful. Upgrading OEM machines fails because SetupComplete.cmd cannot run.

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WSUS: Additional download urls for sync

[German]A brief note 'from the past' for administrators of a WSUS (Windows Server Update Service). Microsoft has extended the URL to download updates for WSUS.

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Migrate Windows Server 2008 R2 FSMO roles to Windows Server 2019

How can we migrate FSMO roles from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019? Some administrators might ask themselves this question, and Microsoft has an answer in an article published within techcommunity.

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