Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10 Enterprise: Updates and the Telemetry trap

Posted on 2018-03-20 by guenni

[German]A strange observation has been reported to me by a blog reader. If you disable telemetry data transmission on Windows 10 Enterprise, you may not get updates any more.

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Patchday: More Microsoft Updates (March 13, 2018)

Posted on 2018-03-19 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released further updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. for Patchday (March 13, 2018). Here are some more details about selected patches.

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Update ‘WindowsUpdateTest–System–7/12/2015’ on WSUS

Posted on 2018-03-18 by guenni

[German]It's a strange case I'm stumbled upon last days: A German blog reader observed a very curious update for Windows 7 on WSUS . Here's some information, maybe one of you can confirm this or even better, has an explanation.

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Microsoft: Most customers will use Windows 10 S mode

Posted on 2018-03-17 by guenni

[German]With Windows 10 Version 1803, every user will be able to use Windows 10 S mode on his systems. The question is: How many users will use it? Microsoft means 'the majority'.

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Windows 10 Update error 0xC1900208

Posted on 2018-03-16 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 are facing during feature upgrades or updates into an error. The update install is aborted with error code 0xC1900208. Here are some information about this bug.

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Windows 10 Mobile: MS fixes Edge PDF rendering bug

Posted on 2018-03-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft listens to its users – they have fixed a bug in Edge that prevent users to open PDF documents in the Edge Browser under Windows 10 Mobile. But there are few surprises of the unpleasant kind. Addendum: The text … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 update trick: ‘Exclude drivers from windows quality updates’

Posted on 2018-03-15 by guenni

[German]Does the installation of (feature) updates fail under Windows 10 due to driver issues? In order to possibly solve Windows 10 upgrade/update issues, there is a trick: Exclude driver updates during installation. Here are some details about this approach.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (March 13, 2018)

Posted on 2018-03-14 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds on March 13, 2018. Here are some details about the updates.

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Security Updates for Windows 7/8.1 (March 13, 2018)

Posted on 2018-03-14 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions on March 13, 2018. Here is an overview .

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Windows 10 Version 1803 announced in April 2018

Posted on 2018-03-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft indirectly confirmed (probably last month) that the new build of Windows 10, which is being developed under the code name Redstone 4, will be released in April 2018 as version 1803.

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