Category Archives: Windows

Windows 11 23H2/22H2: Preview Update KB5035942 (March 26, 2024)

[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5035942 for Windows 11 version 22H2 and 23H2 on March 26, 2024. The preview update brings a number of fixes for these Windows 11 versions. It is the long-awaited so-called Moments 5 … Continue reading

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Windows 10 22H2 Preview Update KB5035941 (March 26, 2024)

[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5035941 for Windows 10 22H2 on March 26, 2024 (D-Week). This is intended to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2 and brings minor improvements (widget on lock screen, Spotlight desktop backgrounds). … Continue reading

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Microsoft on the future of Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V

[German]Hyper-V is a virtualization product from Microsoft. The company now sees a "bright future" for Hyper-V on Windows Server, including on Windows Server 2025. At least that is the message that Jack Woolsey from Microsoft and his team announced at … Continue reading

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Does Windows 10 update KB5034763 block protocol changes (URL association)?

[German]I'm going to post an issue here in the blog that I came across a few days ago. The problem is that since the February 2024 update under Windows 10, it is no longer possible to make changes to web … Continue reading

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Bug in "Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server" (March 2024)

[German]I would like to address a small problem that may affect some administrators who use the Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server. There is a bug in the tool that leads to errors when executing commands if a hyphen is … Continue reading

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Windows Server: Fix for (Kerberos) LSASS memory leak through March 2024 updates

[German]On March 22, 2024, Microsoft released a special update with a fix for Windows Server that eliminates an LSASS memory leak caused by the March 2024 updates. I had reported here in the blog that on some systems Kerberos requests … Continue reading

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Windows Server: March 2024 update causes LSASS memory leak on DCs

[German]I'm pulling it out separately in a blog post after several blog readers pointed it out to me. The March 2024 security update from March 12, 2024 for Windows Server causes a memory leak in LSASS (for all Windows Server … Continue reading

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Securepoint Antivirus crashes Windows Server systems (March 18, 2024)

[German]I got a report that Securepoint Antivirus crashed Windows terminal server systems. A german blog reader has two virtual machines affected. Later other German administrators confirmed issues with Securepoint Antivirus, and the vendor has withdrawn the latest "update" of his … Continue reading

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Deprecated: Test Base, special TLS authentication certificates, Visual Studio App Center

[English]Another brief information: Microsoft has announced the discontinuation of Visual Studio App Center this week. Furthermore, features such as Test Base (Azure) and TLS server authentication certificates with less than 2048 bits were classified as "deprecated" and discontinued for March … Continue reading

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Update on Windows hardening in 2024/2025 – March 2024

[German]A quick note for administrators in corporate environments. Microsoft carries out so-called hardening measures for Windows (clients and servers) over longer periods of time. This involves hardening (securing) functions via Windows Update on certain key dates. Some of these hardening … Continue reading

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