Category Archives: Windows

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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Windows 10 V1809: Network mapping broken

Posted on 2018-11-17 by guenni

[German]Again another blog post about the endless topic 'Network drive mapping doesn't work in Windows 10'. Microsoft has now admitted in a blog post that mapping network drives is broken under Windows 10 V1809.

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Windows 10 V1807: Media Feature Pack re-released

Posted on 2018-11-15 by guenni

Short info for users of Windows 10 October 2018 Update N variants. After Microsoft has released Windows 10 V1809 again, the Media Feature Pack for this version is also available again. Details can be found in the blog post Media … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V1809 re-released (Nov. 13, 2018)

Posted on 2018-11-14 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has re-released the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809) to the public on November 13, 2018. Here is some information about this re-release.

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Windows Server 2016: Express Updates shipping from 11/2018

Posted on 2018-11-13 by guenni

[German]A brief information for administrators who update Windows Server 2016 via WSUS (or SCCM). Starting this month, Microsoft will roll out Express Updates again.

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Windows 10 October Update (Version 1809): (Upgrade-) FAQ

Posted on 2018-11-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released its Windows 10 October 2018 update (version 1809) on October 2, 2018, but stopped this rollout on October 6th due to major issues. On November 13, 2018, I assume, the rollout will be continued. Within this FAQ … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s TLS issues

Posted on 2018-11-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is planning to end support for TLS 1.0/1.1 in its products (Windows, Office 365 etc.) and switch to TLS 1.2/1.3. But it seems that this will cause some trouble at the moment. Here's a short summary of what I … Continue reading →

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