Category Archives: Windows

WannaCry infection stops Mercedes Benz production?

Posted on 2017-09-30 by guenni

[German]Strange story that's going around right now. In German factories of car maker Mercedes Benz (Daimler AG) production computers are supposed to be infected with WannaCry ransomware. Also vendor Festo is claimed to be infected with WannaCry.

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Windows Debugger Preview with Time Travel Debug-Feature

Posted on 2017-09-29 by guenni

[German]In the latest preview of the Windows debugger WinDbg, Microsoft has introduced a new Time Travel Debugging (TTD) function.

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Windows Server 2012 R2: Update KB4036479 pulled

Posted on 2017-09-27 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has pulled Update KB4036479 for Windows Server 2012 R2, releases on September 19, 2017, due to serious issues with Hyper-V. Here are a few details.

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Windows Server Version 1709 announced

Posted on 2017-09-26 by guenni

[German]At the Ignite 2017 conference, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server version 1709. This is the successor of Windows Server 2016 and the first variant released in the Semi-Annual Channel with half-yearly updates.

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Windows 10 V1607: Update KB4038801 (09/25/17)

Posted on 2017-09-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has also released on September 25, 2017 Update KB4038801 for Windows 10 Anniversary Update. This is a maintenance update that fixes some bugs.

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Fix: Microsoft Edge doesn't work anymore or crashes

Posted on 2017-09-26 by guenni

[German]Some Windows 10 users are facing real issues with Microsoft Edge. The browser suddenly doesn't want to start, doesn't work properly or crashes. Here are some possible solutions to solve the problem through various approaches, including registry changes.

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Windows 10 V1703: Update KB4040724 (09/25/17)

Posted on 2017-09-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released on September 25, 2017 Update KB4040724 for Windows 10 Creators Update. This is a maintenance update to fix some' inconsistencies'.

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Windows 8.1: September 2017 update breaks MS account login

Posted on 2017-09-25 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 8.1 are plagued by a stupid error. After Microsoft released September 2017 update KB4038792 (Monthly Rollup), they are no more able to log into their Microsoft user accounts.

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HP Elite x3 – end of life?

Posted on 2017-09-25 by guenni

[German]Hewlett Packard is still selling the HP Elite x3, a Windows 10 based higher end smartphone. But it seems this product is a kind of 'lame duck' or 'dead horse', because it has reached end of life – just one … Continue reading →

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Is KB4038777 killing Windows 7 activation on Dell systems?

Posted on 2017-09-23 by guenni

Maybe people who use Dell systems with Windows 7 Professional can say something about this. It seems that update KB4038777 destroys Windows 7 Professional activation on Dell systems.

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