[German]In February 2024, Microsoft closed the vulnerability CVE-2024-21338 in the kernel of Windows 10/11 and various Windows Server versions. Great! The flaw in the story: The vulnerability was reported by AVAST in August 2023, and the vulnerability was exploited as a 0-day at that time.
[German]I'm posting a problem here in the blog that was brought to my attention by a blog reader recently. The administrator in question is struggling with the fact that he keeps seeing the message "Windows search module deactivated" in Outlook 365. These are terminal server environments that run on Windows Server 2022. The question that arises: "Are others affected?".
[German]Another short news from the Broadcom VMware cosmos that reached me at the end of February 2024. According to an announcement, the private equity company KKR will take over the end customer business including the VMware product portfolio. The purchase price is quoted at 4 billion US dollars.
[German]ExplorerPatcher is a tool to customize the Windows 11 desktop in the style of Windows 10 (see this ComputerBase article). Daniel contacted me by email yesterday and reported that Windows Defender has been categorizing the ExplorerPatcher tool as malware for a few days now. ExplorerPatcher is categorized as potentially unwanted and blocked.
[German]Microsoft has released another update of the Edge (Chromium) browser to version 122.0.2365.66 in the stable channel on March 1, 2024. It is a maintenance update that fixes the bug in the Defender Application Guard of Edge 122.0.2365.63. I have added the details in the blog post Edge 122.0.2365.63 – pulled due to serious issues – fix with Edge 122.0.2365.66.
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[German]Microsoft claims to have fixed the problem of broken Exchange ActiveSync connections under Outlook 365 version 2401 (Build 17231.20194) with the update to Office 365 version 2402 (Build 17328.20142) on February 28, 2024. I will therefore take it up separately and post it here in the blog.
[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB503484 for Windows 11 version 22H2 and 23H2 on February 29, 2024. The preview update brings a number of fixes for these Windows 11 versions. Here is an overview, what Microsoft ships as an optional update and what to expect next month. Continue reading
[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5034843 for Windows 10 22H2 on February 29, 2024 (D-Week). This is intended to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2. There are also adjustments for sharing content. There are also changes to the backup app. Below is an overview of these updates for Windows 10. Continue reading
[German]On February 29, 2024, Microsoft released the so-called "Moments 5" update as a feature drop update for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2. Officially, Microsoft calls this a "Windows configuration update". The feature drop update provides a range of new functions on these Windows 11 versions.
[German]Microsoft has released another update of the Edge (Chromium) browser with version 122.0.2365.63 in the stable channel on 29 February 2024. It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix problems, but has already been withdrawn from the WSUS and is buggy. Addendum: Edge 122.0.2365.66 fixes the problem – explanations added in the article.
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