Microsoft's AI PC with Copilot – some thoughts – Part 1

Posted on 2024-05-21 by guenni

[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.

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Asus ZenBook: Updates fails with error 0x801901f4

Posted on 2024-05-21 by guenni

[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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Windows Server 2019: Revised update KB5037765 with WSUS detection bug?

Posted on 2024-05-20 by guenni

Windows[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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Outlook: Temporary fix for problems with encrypted e-mail replies

Posted on 2024-05-20 by guenni

[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.

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Windows 11 has been falling in user favor for months

Posted on 2024-05-19 by guenni

Windows[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 →

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

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Windows 10: What generates masses of mat-debug*.log files?

Posted on 2024-05-18 by guenni

Windows[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.

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Veeam gets Proxmox support (soon) – Presentation in June 2024

Posted on 2024-05-17 by guenni

Amazon[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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Windows Server 2019 Update KB5037765: Install error 0x800f0982 confirmed

Posted on 2024-05-16 by guenni

Windows[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.

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Microsoft Office Updates (May 14, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-16 by guenni

Update[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 →

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Windows Server 2012 / R2 and Windows 7 (May 14, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-16 by guenni

Windows[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 →

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