Windows 11 24H2: Upgrade blocker for Asphalt 8 (Airborne) removed

Posted on 2025-03-20 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft had set an upgrade block for Windows 11 24H2 on systems on which the game Asphalt 8 (Airborne) was installed. The problems now appear to have been resolved, as Microsoft has now lifted this upgrade blocker for Windows 11 24H2 on corresponding systems.

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Windows 10/11: Copilot uninstall bug in March 2025 update fixed

Posted on 2025-03-20 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft recently confirmed that Copilot can be uninstalled on some Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems as a result of the March 2025 updates. Those affected had to reinstall Copilot from the Store. Microsoft now claims to have fixed this bug for Windows.

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Exchange Online outage locks out Outlook Web users (19.3.2025)

Posted on 2025-03-20 by guenni

[German]On March 19, 2025, there was probably another major Exchange Online outage, meaning that Outlook users were no longer able to access their Exchange Online mailboxes on the web.

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Microsoft Outlook Signatures in cloud storage without umlauts

Posted on 2025-03-20 by guenni

[German]I got reports about issues with Microsoft Outlook. Signatures are shown wrong, if Outlook is using the cloud to store settings. Several German administrators has confirmed this issue. Are you affected?

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Veeam Backup & Replication RCE vulnerability CVE-2025-23120

Posted on 2025-03-19 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Warning for users of Veeam Backup & Replication. Vendor Veeam has informed it's customers on March 19, 2025 about a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2025-23120 in various versions of the mentioned product. It can be abused in domain joined environments. A security update is available to close this vulnerability.

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

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Stardock website have had issues since days

Posted on 2025-03-19 by guenni

Stop - Pixabay[German]Does anyone use Stardock products (start menu etc.)? Something strange has happened since a week. A blog reader pointed out to me that there are problems with their website. And there has been talk of technical problems for several hours. However, when the reader tried to visit the site, he received a warning from his security solution because redirects were occurring.

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Firefox 136.0.2 released

Posted on 2025-03-19 by guenni

Mozilla[German]On March 18, 2025, the Mozilla developers released the new Firefox 136.0.2 as a maintenance update. It fixes a bug in the cookie handling and a high CPU load in Windows. Continue reading →

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Windows 10 22H2: Store apps are updating again since update 3.2025

Posted on 2025-03-19 by guenni

Windows[German]Question for Windows 10 users with Windows 10 22H2 who use apps from the Store. Are your apps from the Microsoft Store being updated again since the March 2025 update was installed? I have had reports that certain apps are no longer being updated for users, but instead run into an error.

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Woody Leonhard, founder of AskWoody.com passed away

Posted on 2025-03-19 by guenni

Woody LeonhardBrief information for slightly older readers who are still familiar with Woody Leonhard and his platform askwoody.com. Woody Leonhard, who was born in the USA in October 1951, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at the age of 73 (if I haven't miscalculated). He last lived with his second wife in Thailand, where he spent his time doing things outside of IT.

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Windows 11: Nvidia D3D9 bug in Insider Preview, anyone having problems?

Posted on 2025-03-19 by guenni

Windows[German]Just a quick question to ask if people have run into problems with the D3D9 DLL under Windows 11, or if forced updates of Nvidia drivers have been observed? I've come across a few reports and articles that I can't really classify at the moment. The question is whether there are anyone affected.

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