[German]Oracle's fiscal year ends on May 31, and many a salesperson is trying to make a few more euros. So if there are more frequent calls from Oracle sales people, customers could use the sales pressure in license negotiations to their advantage and possibly get discounts.
[German]I'm posting a warning here in the blog that I received from a reader. It concerns at least the Lenovo L15 Gen1 (AMD) systems. The manufacturer seems to be delivering a faulty BIOS version 1.33, which is causing trouble. The notebooks end up with a black screen and can only be reactivated with tricks.
[German]A short follow-up to the May 2024 security update for Windows Server 2019. The cumulative update KB5037765 from May 14, 2024 was withdrawn due to installation errors with a missing en-us language pack. Microsoft has since released the out-of-band update KB5039705 with corrections on May 23, 2024. However, I have received user reports that this update runs on errors if the cumulative update KB5037765 from May 14, 2024 is installed. Here is some information on what to do if you are affected.
[German]Microsoft has released the out-of-band update KB5039705 for Windows Server 2019 on May 23, 2024 (i.e. late yesterday evening in Europe). This special update was necessary because the cumulative update KB5037765 released on May 14, 2024 had to be withdrawn. The update triggered the installation error 0x800f0982 when installed on non-English speaking Windows Server 2019 instances. Here is some information about this problem and the special update KB5039705.
[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.
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[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.
[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.
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