Category Archives: Windows

Attention with Linux RDP connections and CredSSP updates

Posted on 2018-04-10 by guenni

[German]In advance to the today's patch day a small hint about CredSSP updates for Windows. Microsoft's CredSSP updates can kill remote desktop connections between Linux and Windows.

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Updates KB4099467, KB4099468 (March/April 2018)

Posted on 2018-04-06 by guenni

[German]At the end of the week another article about Windows updates Microsoft released at the end of March and beginning of April 2018.

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Windows Update revisions KB4090450, KB4088875, KB4088878, KB4088881

Posted on 2018-04-05 by guenni

[German]On April 4, 2018 Microsoft has revised the updates KB4090450, KB4088875, KB4088878, KB408888881 for Windows. I collected some details, and there are other details about Windows bugs.

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Windows 7/8.x/10: Delete Network Profiles

Posted on 2018-04-04 by guenni

[German]Today a short blog post about an ancient topic: How can we delete old network profiles in Windows 7, Windows 8.x and Windows 10 that were created automatically when connecting to a WLAN network? This is quite convenient in Windows … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Update Error 0x80070157

Posted on 2018-04-03 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 10 get sometimes an update error 0x80070157 when trying to install cumulative updates. Here is an attempt to shed some light on this error.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Update KB4099950 for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2

Posted on 2018-03-31 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has surprisingly released update KB4099950 for Windows 7 SP1. It is a maintenance update to fix the problems with the virtual network adapters (NIC problem) caused by the KB4088875 and KB4088878 security updates of March 13, 2018.

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Update KB4096309 for Windows 10 Version 1607

Posted on 2018-03-31 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has surprisingly released an update for Windows 10. Update KB4096309 should fix connection issues under Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607.

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Windows in figures: Fragmentation and market share

Posted on 2018-03-31 by guenni

[German]March 2018 is ending fast, and we are just in front of April fools jokes. Time to take another look at the figures. What does Windows 10 in terms of market share and version fragmentation look like? Has Windows 10 … Continue reading →

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Update KB4100480 for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (03/29/2018)

Posted on 2018-03-31 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released an out of band security update KB4100480 for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and the embedded version of Windows 7 on March 29, 2018.

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German authorities demands: Microsoft must disable Windows 10 data transfer

Posted on 2018-03-30 by guenni

[German]Explosive development for Microsoft and their Windows 10? The data protection officer from Baden-Württemberg (Germany) has demanded that the data transfer in Windows 10 be switched off and improved as soon as possible. This is mandatory to fulfill the GPDR … Continue reading →

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