Category Archives: Windows

Windows 10 22H2 Preview Update KB5029331 (August 22, 2023)

[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5029331 for Windows 10 22H2 as of August 22, 2023 (D-Week). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows … Continue reading

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Windows 11 21H2: Preview-Update KB5029332 (August 22, 2023)

[German]Microsoft has released optional cumulative (preview) update KB5029332 for Windows 11 version 21H2 on August 22, 2023. The preview update brings a number of bug fixes for people who are still on version 21H2 (which, after all, drops out of … Continue reading

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Windows 11 22H2: Preview Update KB5029351 (August 22, 2023)

[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5029351 for Windows 11 version 22H2 as of August 22, 2023. This brings a number of fixes (similar to the preview update for Windows 11 21H2). Below I give an overview regarding … Continue reading

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Citrix: FSLogix causes logon and logoff errors

[German]Are there sudden login problems or errors when logging out of a session under Citrix VDI? If FSLogix is used and it uses cloud cache locations for profiles or ODFC containers along with App Layering Elastic Layers, this may be … Continue reading

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Windows kernel fix for CVE-2023-32019 enabled for all (August 2023)

[German]Small addendum to the vulnerability CVE-2023-32019 in the Windows kernel. Microsoft had patched the relevant vulnerability on patchday (June 13, 2023), but had not armed it. The vulnerability CVE-2023-32019 can be used to obtain information. To enable the fix against … 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 ...


WinRAR Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2023-40477

[German]I don't know how common WinRAR is among the blog readers. WiNRAR developers have fixed a critical code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-40477) in the software. It is enough to open a compromised archive file to allow attackers to execute arbitrary code … Continue reading

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Windows 11: SSD drive performance issues fixed by August 2023 updates?

[German]Since Microsoft released the March 2023 security updates for Windows 11, some users have complained about performance issues with SSD drives. It mainly affects SSD NVMEs that act as boot drives. Now I've come across a report that these performance … Continue reading

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Windows 10: Updates KB5028244 and KB5029244 causes ClickOnce install issues with apps

[German]Microsoft has confirmed a bug that was already distributed with the July 2023 preview update KB5028244 on Windows 10 22H2 and is also included in successor updates. Applications installed via ClickOnce prompts the user to reinstall them every time they … Continue reading

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PingCastle 3.1: Active Directory and AzureAD Security Health Check

Brief note for people who are concerned with the topic of security under Active Directory and AzureAD (today called EntraID). Vincent Le Toux has released his PingCastle version 3.1 at the beginning of August 2023. PingCastle can be used to … Continue reading

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Windows Credential Manager: Delete entries via batch

Brief hint for Windows users who work with the credentials management to have credentials saved. Instead of deleting entries manually, this can be done with a few lines of batch code. I recently came via Twitter across the corresponding batch … Continue reading

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