Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10 V1809: New Updates in Release Preview Ring

Posted on 2018-11-27 by guenni

Microsoft is currently testing Updates KB4469342 V2 (Re-Release) and KB4470788 (SSU) for Windows 10 V1809 in Release Preview Ring (see). Microsoft has not yet published any details. I assume that the updates will be released tonight (11/27/2018).

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Windows 10: What are Rempl.exe, Remsh.exe, WaaSMedic.exe?

Posted on 2018-11-27 by guenni

[German]Users who inspect Windows 10 may come across the Windows subfolder REMPL and files like Rempl.exe, Remsh.exe, WaaSMedic.exe, Sedlauncher.exe etc. What are these files for?

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Issues with HP Sure Click in Windows 10

Posted on 2018-11-25 by guenni

[German]Today still a blog post about HP Sure Click, which is shipped by the manufacturer with certain business PCs and should protect Windows 10 systems, but can lead to very unsightly collateral damage.

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USB Intel Microcode Boot Loader for Spectre mitigation

Posted on 2018-11-24 by guenni

[German]Intel offers a Microcode Boot Loader that creates a bootable USB stick. It automatically applies the latest Intel microcodes to the identified CPU during boot. This should protect the system from Spectre vulnerabilities.

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Windows 10 V1809: Intel graphic drivers as upgrade blocker

Posted on 2018-11-22 by guenni

[German]It happens again, Microsoft has stopped the rollout of Windows 10 V1809 on systems with Intel some graphic drivers. Here are a few details about what is known so far.

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Windows 10: Nov. 2018 Patches are causing Media Player-Bug

Posted on 2018-11-22 by guenni

[German]The cumulative updates of November 13, 2018 for Windows 10 are causing issues with Windows Media Player. This issue is caused by different cumulative updates for different versions of Windows 10.

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Windows 7: From April 2019 ‘SHA-2-Support’ is required

Posted on 2018-11-21 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 7 SP1 (and its server counterparts) and WSUS will need a special update from April 2019, which will enable the machine to handle SHA2 code signatures. Without this update, these machines can no longer process updates.

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Windows 10 V1809: ADMX Template available, but flawed

Posted on 2018-11-20 by guenni

[German]After the release of Windows 10 October 2018 Update (V1809), Microsoft also deployed the .admx template files for Group Policy. However, these are flawed.

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Microsoft has updated the Meltdown/Spectre information page

Posted on 2018-11-19 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released several updates to close Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Now the information page, that informs about that mitigation, has been updated again.

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German District Hospital: IT systems grounded by a virus

Posted on 2018-11-18 by guenni

German District Hospital Fürstenfeldbruck (in Bavaria) has been offline for more than a week with it's computer systems, due to a virus infection.

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