Category Archives: Windows

Microsoft Security Updates Summary October 2017

Posted on 2017-10-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a couple of security updates for Windows, Office etc. on October 10, 2017. Here a short overview about those updates.

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SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 4 available

Posted on 2017-10-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released Service Pack 4 for den SQL Server 2012 – the KB article is dated October 5, 2017. Here are a few details.

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Windows 10 V1709: Update KB4046355 removes Windows Media Player

Posted on 2017-10-09 by guenni

[German]It seems that Microsoft kicks the Windows Media Player (WMP) out of the list of installed features in the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators update. If you need the player, you have to re-install it later.

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Google: Microsoft didn’t patch all Windows versions equally

Posted on 2017-10-08 by guenni

[German]Google's security researcher Mateusz Jurczyk from Project Zero says, that Microsoft is putting users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 at risk, due to inconsistent patching Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

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Windows 10: App download ends with error 0x803FB107

Posted on 2017-10-07 by guenni

[German]Some users of Windows 10 (and Windows 8.1) may facing an issue. Downloads from store are ending with error 0x803FB107. Also people, who bought Forza Horizon 3 are seeing this error.

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

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Windows 10: Update error 0xc0000017 (no ramdisk memory)

Posted on 2017-10-06 by guenni

[German]Some users of Windows 10 (and also Windows 8.1) are facing a strange error. After installing an update, Windows won't boot anymore and reports error 0xc0000017. I took the time to write a blog post, explaining a bit the background … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Update error 0x8024401c

Posted on 2017-10-05 by guenni

[German]Some Windows 10 users get the error code 0x8024401c when installing updates via Windows Update. Here are some details how to solve this issue.

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Knock-out: VMware Workstation 14 needs modern CPUs

Posted on 2017-10-03 by guenni

[German]VMware has released version 14 of VMware Workstation and VMware Player virtualization software. But there is a bad surprise: The new Workstation 14 requires newer processors.

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VirtualBox is causing file system error (-1073741819)

Posted on 2017-10-02 by guenni

[German]Another brief information for users of Windows 10 who install the operating system as a guest on VirtualBox and run it on the file system error (-1073741819).

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Just one Billion Windows users?

Posted on 2017-10-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, has been interviewed by Bloomberg. During this talk, he mentioned also the number of Windows users – which caused a surprise.

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