Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10 privacy: more transparency and control

Posted on 2017-04-06 by guenni

Microsoft is collecting a lot of data on Windows 10 systems, so many users are complaining about privacy. Starting with Windows 10 Creators Update Microsoft has begun to reveal more details about which data are collected in Windows 10 and … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V 1607: Fix for system restore error 0x80070091

Posted on 2017-04-05 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 Anniversary Update contains a nasty bug – the system restore fails with error 0x80070091. Below I introduce a batch program to fix this issue.

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Windows update error 0x80073712

Posted on 2017-04-03 by guenni

[German]Sometimes users are facing error code 0x80073712 during installing Updates in Windows. I've seen this error from time to time since Windows Vista. Here are a few details about that issue.

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Windows 10: Internal camera error 0xA00F4244(0xC00D36D5)

Posted on 2017-04-02 by guenni

[German]Many Notebooks are shipped with an internal web cam. This cam should be detected from Windows 10 and may be used from apps. But in some cases, using the camera results in error 0xA00F4244(0xC00D36D5).

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Windows 10: Update error 0x8024a112

Posted on 2017-04-01 by guenni

[German]Sometimes Windows 10 refuse a restart during installing an update or a feature upgrade. Instead an error 0x8024a112 will be shown within the settings app. Here are a few details how to solve this issue.

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

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Microsoft blocks Windows 7/8.1 updates for Kaby Lake and Ryzen

Posted on 2017-03-31 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released last week some code for Windows 7 SP1 (and Windows 8.1) that blocks updates in Windows, if the operating system runs on Kaby Lake (Intel) or Ryzen (AMD) CPUs.

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Fix for Microsoft’s faulty ‘WPD – 2/22/2016’ MTP driver update

Posted on 2017-03-30 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released another MTP driver update (KB4016754) for Windows that shall fix the bug introduced with 'Microsoft – WPD' driver update.

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Windows IIS 6.0 Zero Day Vulnerability is under attacks since July 2016

Posted on 2017-03-30 by guenni

Windows comes with Internet Information Services (IIS). A zero day vulnerability has been used since July 2016 to attack and compromise IIS 6.0 and take over Windows servers.

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Windows 10 Creators Update rollout begins April 11, 2017

Posted on 2017-03-29 by guenni

Microsoft has confirmed today, that the rollout of Windows 10 Creators Update begins at April 11, 2017. This is the next patchday for Microsoft products. The Build number expected for rollout is 15063 – and Windows 10 Creators Update will … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Build 15063: ISOs and upgrade wizard available

Posted on 2017-03-29 by guenni

It seems that Build 15063 will be the RTM of Windows 10 Creators Update (Version 1703). Now ISO files and an upgrade wizard are available from Microsoft.

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