Category Archives: Windows

Windows Server: an Update causes iSCSI connection issues

[German]It seems, that an Update is causing iSCSI connection issues on Windows (Server) systems and causing event entries with ID 4231. In some cases, this error is causing a server to stall.

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Tool FolderSecurityViewer Version 1.7.0 available

[German]Just a short note: The Folder Security Viewer is a viewer and reporter for NTFS permissions in domains and Active Directory environments. Tools Folder Security Viewer is now available in version 1.7.0.

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KB4025252 WSUS/SCCM install issue partly fixed

Update KB4025252 (cumulative update for Internet Explorer) is causing install loops on clients, if distributed via WSUS or SCCM. Microsoft has released a revision on July 12, 2017, to fix the install issue. But it works only partly – details … Continue reading

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Botched Updates KB4025252 and KB4025336 (July 2017)

Microsoft has released on July 11, 2017 two botched updates KB4025252 and KB4025336 for Internet Explorer and Windows 8.1. Here's what's wrong with these updates. Addendum: It seems that an update revision fixed some install issues.

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Microsoft July 2017 patch day

Microsoft has released on July 11, 2017 a couple of cumulative updates for Windows 10, Rollup Updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 and some other updates for Internet Explorer, .Net Framework and so on.

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

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LibreOffice 5.3.4 released

The LibreOffice team has released at June 26, 2017 LibreOffice version 5.3.4. This is a free Office suite available for Linux, macOS and Windows. Details about the 5.3 branch may be found here within the release notes. Download is available … Continue reading

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Windows 10 error 0xc000007b in AccelerometerSt.exe

Users of Windows 10 are facing probably a strange issue after an update. Each time after login, an error code 0xc000007b is reported for application AccelerometerSt.exe.

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Stack Buffer Overflow vulnerability in AVAST antivirus

[German]AVAST antivirus have had a vulnerability that allows a Remote Stack Buffer Overflow with Magic Numbers. The issues has been patched already.

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IE11 printing issues in Windows are fixed (June 2017)

[German]Just for your information. Microsoft has finally fixed the printing issues in Internet Explorer 11 caused by June 13, 2017 security updates within all Windows versions. Note: Update KB4032782 may cause IE 11 crashes on several web pages.

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News about (Not)Petya ransomware – Killswitch/vaccine found?

Currently a new variant of Petya ransomware (aka PetyaWrap, aka NotPetya) are infecting companies and organisations (see Petya ransomware is back – using WannaCry vulnerabilties). First analyses indicating, that this ransomware not only broke infected systems. There are indications, that … Continue reading

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