Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10 V1809: Changes removal policy for USB media

[German]Microsoft has made changes to the policies for USB media that affect Windows 10 version 1809 and later. The policies for USB media are now set to 'Quick Remove' by default.

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Windows 10 V1809: Does proxy.pac kills startmenu search?

[German]A brief  question to admins in enterprise environments using Windows 10 V1809 in combination with a proxy.pac. Are there issues with the Windows startmenu search hanging when a proxy.pac configuration file is used?

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Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2: Update KB4489881 is causing BlueScreens

[German]Rollup Update KB4489881, which was released for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 on March 12, 2019, has a bug that triggers BlueScreens. The bug has beend fixed in the preview rollup update.

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Windows 10: Reliability update KB4023057 (04/04/2019)

Microsoft has re-released it's Reliability update KB4023057 for Windows 10 (version 1507 till 1803) – see also. This should make the upgrade to the current Windows 10 version 1809 more reliable. Details about this cyclically released update can be found … Continue reading

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Windows 10 V1809: Update KB4490481 causes blue screens

[German]Cumulative update KB4490481released by Microsoft on April 2, 2019, for Windows 10 V1809 and Windows Server 2019 is causing BlueScreens on some systems.

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Windows 10 May 2019 Update brings back Update control

[German]Surprisingly Microsoft has now revealed the name of the upcoming Windows 10 version, announced the delivery schedule and announced more control over the update installation.

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KB4490481 fixes/adds group policies in Windows 10 V1809

[German]The recently released cumulative update KB4490481 also fixes various issues with group policies and adds further group policies in Windows 10 V1809. Here are a few details.

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Hackers are Loving Windows PowerShell

PowerShell is available as a script environment on all Windows systems and is not only popular with administrators. Attackers also appreciate PowerShell to run malicious scripts in Windows environments.

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.NET Framework Update KB4489192 (April 2, 2019)

On April 2, 2019, Microsoft released a cumulative security update KB4489192 for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.7.2 for Windows 10, version 1809, and Windows Server 2019.

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Windows 10 shows strange Test notifications

[German]Currently, users are reporting very strange notifications with test messages that appear on Windows 10. Either there's a trainee with keyboard issues on the road at Microsoft, or there's a security issue so that third parties can send notifications.

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