[German]Microsoft has long intended to end support for the script language VBScript in Windows. VBScript has now been declared as deprecated and Microsoft has presented also a timetable for when support will be completely removed from Windows. Now we see an end of VBScript security issues.
[German]On May 20, 2024, Microsoft presented its "Copilot+PC" (hardware with AI support and co-pilot). In my article Microsoft's AI PC with Copilot – some thoughts – Part 1 I presented my doubts, that there such machines are required. But there is more: Microsoft's "Copilot+PC" with the "Recall" function, which is able to take screenshots and analyze everything, is presenting a privacy and security night mare.
[German]Security researchers have discovered a keylogger that infects government organizations worldwide, as well as banks and other institutions via Microsoft Exchange Server. The keylogger was found after an infection on the main page of a customer's Exchange Server. The purpose of this keylogger is to steal login credentials and transfer them to a remote server. Around 30 infected systems have already been found worldwide.
[German]On May 20, 2024, Microsoft presented its "Copilot+PC" (hardware with AI support and co-pilot). It is supposed to be the herald a new era. But with its A "Copilot+PC", Microsoft may be running into the problem of once again failing to meet demand. I recently came across an assessment by a Google developer that 99% of users do not need AI hardware. And the new development of Microsoft's "Copilot+PC" with the "Recall" function, which is supposed to be able to take screenshots and analyze everything, is already causing controversy online. It seems to be a privacy and security night mare. Elon Musk therefore recommends switching to Linux.
[German]Users with notebooks from the Asus ZenBook series (but perhaps also other models) are faced with the problem of not being able to install Windows updates because they fail with the error code 0x801901f4. However, there is a solution to the problem, as a blog reader reported to me.
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[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.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
