[German]Microsoft has released optional cumulative (preview) update KB5027292 for Windows 11 version 21H2 as of June 28, 2023. There are a number of new features and especially bug fixes (including the fix for the problems with copying). Below I give an overview regarding these updates for Windows 11.
[German]Microsoft has just rolled out an update for the Windows Defender scan engine to version 1.391.2901.0. Now I have a report that this drives up CPU usage, e.g. when printing. Remedy is to remove the definition update.
[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5027303 for Windows 11 version 22H2 on 27 Juai 2023. This is more or less a feature update (internally referred to by Microsoft as the Moments 3 update), which brings many new features. Below I give an overview regarding these updates for Windows 11.
[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5027293 for Windows 10 22H2 as of June 27, 2023 (D-Week). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10. The information about the updates can be found in the Windows 10 update history page. Continue reading
[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome browser 114 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows as of June 26, 2023. These are security updates that fix four vulnerabilities.
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[German]Within the blog post Windows 11: Optimize network transfer performance and CPU load – part 2 I mentioned, the the exploit protection implemented in Windows 11 may causes a hight CPU load. But there is more, also Windows 11 Phishing protection is responsible for doubling the CPU load during TCP network traffic.
[German]Windows 11 has a problem with network throughput when receiving files. In part 1, I had presented some measurements that a blog reader had taken during tests to analyze the weakening network throughput and the high CPU load under Windows 11. After various researches and probably also contact with Microsoft, the cause is now clear. The security features that Microsoft's developers have built into Windows 11 (and Server 2019/2022) are responsible. Fortunately, however, this can be configured or optimized (which may also become relevant for Windows Server 2019/2022).
[German]When transferring data over a network, Windows has an amazing but unattractive effect. If you copy data between machines with Windows 10 and Windows 11, Windows 11 consumes 2 to 3 times more CPU power than Windows 10. In addition, the data transfer performance of a TCP/IP connection depends on the direction of the data transfer. Or in short, in Windows 11, there is a significant performance problem in network transfer when data is received. A blog reader has done various experiments and left the results to me. In Part 1, I prepare the topic and outline what came out of the measurements.
Another short tidbit of information for Sunday, which came to my attention this week on Twitter. Microsoft is constantly praising its "new innovations" with Windows 11 and all the great things it has to offer. One user took an old computer from the year 2000 and made a video of Windows NT 3.51 …
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