Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10: What generates masses of mat-debug*.log files?

Posted on 2024-05-18 by guenni

[German]I'm posting another topic here on the blog that a reader asked me about at the beginning of May 2024. He notes that the Defender Core service under Windows 10 Pro was started unexpectedly just over a month ago. Since … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2019 Update KB5037765: Install error 0x800f0982 confirmed

Posted on 2024-05-16 by guenni

[German]When installing the May 2024 Patchday Update KB5037765 on non-English-speaking Windows Server 2019 instances, this process stalls error 0x800f0982. This error  has kept some administrators busy. While I proposed a workaround – install the English language pack – as a … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2012 / R2 and Windows 7 (May 14, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-16 by guenni

[German]Various security updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 (1st ESU year) were published on May 14, 2024. Support for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 expired in January 2024. However, updates for Windows Embedded Standard 7 can be downloaded … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022-Updates (May 14, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-15 by guenni

[German]On May 14, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 23H2 to 21H2. Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 23H2 also received updates. Here are some details about these … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2019: Update KB5037765 fails with error 0x800f0982

Posted on 2024-05-15 by guenni

[German]Microsoft seems to have hit a colossal bug in the cumulative updates distributed on May 14, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft). The update KB5037765 intended for Windows Server 2019 fails with the installation error 0x800f0982. … Continue reading →

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

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (May 14, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-15 by guenni

[German]On May 14, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (May 14, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-14 by guenni

[German]On May 14, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office and for other products. The security updates fix 49 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including three critical vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were … Continue reading →

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Windows Server: April 2024 Update KB5036909 causes also LSASS crashes on DCs

Posted on 2024-05-06 by guenni

[German]Another addendum from the April 2024 patchday. The updates not only cause problems with NTLM connections to Windows Server. There are also reports that the KB5036909 update can also lead to LSASS crashes on domain controllers (DCs). In any case, … Continue reading →

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Does Intune store on-premises CA certificates permanently in the cloud?

Posted on 2024-05-05 by guenni

[German]Good question raised by a Microsoft Intune administrator. The man had problems with certificates and took a closer look. It looks like Intune is permanently storing the CA certificates generated for on-premises systems in the cloud. Another Intune administrator pointed … Continue reading →

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Adobe Acrobat Reader 24.002.20687: Crashes on RDS server

Posted on 2024-05-03 by guenni

[German]I got several reports from administrators, facing issues with Adobe Acrobat Reader 24.002.20687 in a RDS server environment. It seems that the Adobe Acrobat Reader is crashing since mid April 2024, due to a "test version" integrated in the newest … Continue reading →

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