Category Archives: Windows

Office 365 receives Anti Malware Scan Interface (AMSI)

[German]Microsoft upgrades its Office 365 suite against malware and macro-virus threats. The Office 365 modules (Word, Excel etc.) receive an Anti Malware Scan Interface (AMSI for virus scanners to scan the documents..

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Microsoft Update Catalog: SSU for Win10 V1803 re-issued?

Strange things happened within the Microsoft Update Catalog. As Woody Leonhard mentioned at askwoody.com, the number of September 2018 updates went down from 127 items down to 126 entries on September 13, 2018. And Windows 10 V1803 Servicing Stack Update … Continue reading

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Cumulative Update KB4463376 for Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft released cumulative update KB4463376 for Internet Explorer 11 on September 14, 2018. The fix: Internet Explorer performance decreases when you use roaming profiles or do not use the Microsoft compatibility list. The update is available only through the Microsoft … Continue reading

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Windows 10: Microcode updates (09/13/2018) & WSUS chaos

[German]Microsoft has released a set of microcode updates for various Windows 10 builds. These updates are intended to protect various processors against the Spectre V2 vulnerability. Here is some information about the updates, as well as chaos in the KB … Continue reading

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Windows 10: Update error 0x80246010

[German]Does Windows 10 throw error code 0x80246010 during update installation and aborts this step? This article tries to give hints on how to fix the update error 0x80246010.

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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 ...


Patchday issues with updates & WSUS (September 11, 2018)

[German]As of September 11, 2018, Microsoft has released a new batch of updates for Windows and other products. Update KB4457144 for Windows 7 SP1 may issue error 0x8000FFFF. Addendum: The reason for this error and a simple fix has been … Continue reading

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server Sept. 11, 2018

[German]On September 11, 2018 Microsoft released several (security) updates (KB4457144, KB4457145 ) for Windows 7 SP1 and further updates (KB4457129, KB4457143) for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Microsoft’s Windows Security Servicing Criteria

[German]In September 2018, Microsoft published new documents that describe in more detail the criteria according to which security updates for Windows are developed.

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Microsoft reprocessing store apps due to error 0x800B0100

[German]Since the beginning of September 2018, users of store apps on Windows 10 have been running into the problem that the error 0x800B0100 is displayed during the app installation during the update. Microsoft has now admitted a problem and wants … Continue reading

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Windows 10: Error 0x800706F7 (The stub received bad data)

[German]Some users of Windows 10 suddenly receiving the error 0x800706F7 when starting programs and/or the message 'The stub received bad data' is shown.

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