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Category Archives: Windows
Critical Chrome vulnerability puts 32-bit Windows 7 at risk
[German]The critical vulnerability reported in February 2019 has been closed on March 1, 2019 by a Google Chrome browser update. This vulnerability is active exploited in the wild, but only on 32-bit versions of Windows 7. Here are a few … Continue reading
Windows 7 Extended Security Updates buyable from April 2019
[German]Microsoft offers Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 SP1 for companies until January 2023. This extended support can be bought from April 1, 2019 (hope it's not an April fools prank).
Windows 10 V1809: Enable Retpoline Spectre V2 protection
[German]Microsoft introduces Retpoline as protection against Spectre 2 attacks in Windows 10 (Version 1809 and later). So far, however, Retpoline is disabled on Windows 10 clients. Admins of Windows 10 V1809 can already activate the Retpoline Spectre 2 protection manually … Continue reading
Windows 10 on 800 Million devices
Windows 10 is running on 800 million devices. This numer has now been officially announced by Microsoft has made it. Here is a brief look at this figure and what it means.
Performance degradation with Update KB4482887 confirmed
[German]Microsoft has confirmed performance issues with update KB4482887 for Windows 10 version 1809, released March 1, 2019. These are intended to affect various features in Windows 10.
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 ...
Privacy: Microsoft with Windows 10/Office 365 under pressure
[German]Microsoft comes again under pressure in the USA and Germany due to privacy concerns about Windows 10 and Office 365. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched a "Fix It Already!" campaign, in which Microsoft also appears with Windows 10. … Continue reading
Operating System/Windows share (February 2019)
The desktop operating system share and Windows distribution data for end of February 2019 shows: The replacement of Windows 7 till 2020 is becoming difficult. The 'market share' of Windows 7 desktop systems has even increased slightly, while the shares … Continue reading
Failover-Cluster (SQL): No DNS registration after update
[German]Here is a strange observation of a blog reader on Windows Server 2016 systems running as failover clusters (SQL). After the February 2019 updates have been installed, virtual accounts can no longer be registered in the DNS. An error entry … Continue reading
Windows 10 V1809: Compatibility update KB4489491 (03/01/2019)
Microsoft also released a compatibility update KB4489491 for the upgrade to Windows 10 Version 1809 on March 1, 2019. The update can be loaded during installing or recovering Windows 10 and is intended to improve the upgrade experience.
Windows 10: Reliability update KB4023057 (02/28/2019)
Microsoft has re-released it's Reliability update KB4023057 for Windows 10 (version 1507 till 1803). Details about this cyclically released update can be found in the article Windows 10: Update KB4023057 re-released (02/14/2019).