[German]Microsoft announced the end of support for its Office Online Server in a TechCommunity post titled "Announcing the retirement for Office Online Server" on October 21, 2025. After this date, Office Online Server will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes, or technical support from Microsoft.
Game developer Electronic Arts is pulling the plug on "The Sims Mobile." The mobile game has not been available in app stores (e.g., Google) since October 21, 2025. According to the roadmap, the servers will be shut down on January 20, 2026, at 1:59 p.m. UTC. The Sims Mobile will no longer be playable after this date and will be discontinued. (via)
[German]For weeks, Microsoft Outlook 365 users have been plagued by a program that crashes on startup when connecting to Exchange Online. Microsoft now plans to roll out a fix to resolve the issue.
[German]On October 21, 2025, Oracle's developers released Virtualbox version 7.2.4. This version is a maintenance update for bug fixes. Continue reading
[German]Microsoft has released an out-of-band recovery update KB5070762 for Windows 11 24H2 and Windows 25H2 on October 20, 2025. This update is intended to update the Win PE environment and fix the issue caused by the October 2025 patch day, where USB keyboards and mice no longer respond in Win RE.
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[German]Microsoft has fixed the problems with USB keyboards and USB mice in Win RE with a special update KB5070773 for Windows 11. The problem was affected or fixed in Windows 11 24-H2 – 25H2. The affected USB devices should work again under Win RE. Here is a brief overview of the situation.
[German]I'm going to compile a list of bugs and inconsistencies related to Windows 10/11 that I've recently come across in a single post. The "Update and shut down" function in the Start menu seems to be broken in Windows 11, but Microsoft is working on it. The lock screen may behave strangely in Windows 11, and an administrator reports problems with the Start menu and search in RDS on Windows Server 2022.
[German]As of October 14, 2025, Microsoft has released various recovery updates such as KB5067039 and KB5067019 for Windows 11 24H2 – 25H2. In addition, recovery updates such as KB5068164 and KB5067017 for Windows 10 22H2 have been released. Below is a brief overview of these updates.
[German]On October 20, 2025, an outage of Amazon Web Service servers in Virginia (USA) killed nearly half of the web, due to a single point of failure. I got informed by a German reader at 9:30 a.m. CET about an issue. It's now clear, that Atlassian services, Amazon Web Services, Autodesk, Signal, and many more depending services are also affected. Nearly the half of the Internet seems down and can't be uses. Continue reading
[German]Addendum from last week, where security updates for Windows Clients and Windows Server were rolled out on October 14, 2025. Microsoft has admitted that these security updates cause problems with smart cards. Under certain circumstances, these may no longer be recognized, and administrators must apply a workaround.
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