[German]Microsoft has released a revised cumulative update KB5037765 (May 14, 2024), which is supposed to fix the installation error 0x800f0982 when installing the May 2024 patchday update KB5037765 on non-English speaking Windows Server 2019 instances. But this update package might have a detection bug.
[German]Microsoft Outlook seems to have issues with encrypted emails. Reply emails that are encrypted can then no longer be read by the recipient. The problem seems to have existed since the beginning of May 2024, as I saw in a forum post. But there is a temporary solution from Microsoft for the problems with encrypted email replies.
[German]I haven't talked about it for a while, but it's time to take a quick look at the figures for operating system distribution on the desktop and, in particular, Microsoft Windows distribution and distribution across all devices. For months now, it has been clear that Windows 11, which Microsoft has been touting like sour grapes, is losing favor with users. People are opting for Windows 10 wherever possible. Continue reading
[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 then, the reader's Temp folder has been flooded with files with the pattern mat-debug*.log. There seems to be no configuration option. During a brief internet search, however, I found that these log files have been discussed in various scenarios since 2019. I am interested to know if anyone else has made this observation.
[German]The provider of backup solutions, Veeam, had been thinking about supporting the Proxmox virtualization platform for some time. Veeam now plans to present this solution for the first time at the VeeamON 2024 event at the beginning of June 2024. So anyone who uses Veeam to back up VMware products and switches to Proxmox VE can expect corresponding support there too.
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[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 solution at an early stage, Microsoft has now also responded. There is a support article in which the error is confirmed.
[German]On May 14, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Below you will find an overview of the available updates. Continue reading
[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 from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 and Windows Embedded Standard 7. Continue reading
[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 updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and problems. Continue reading
[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. More than half a dozen readers have already reported the problem – it probably does not affect English installations. Another reader has reported that he can no longer access his Server 2019 with RDP. Continue reading
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