[German]Quick question for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users who use the Microsoft Store (Microsoft 365 or Windows Store) to get apps. Are there any login issues with the Microsoft account to the Store? A blog reader contacted me about this and reported that some customers have been experiencing this issue "for a while". A workaround (deleting the credentials and resetting the Internet options) helps.
[German]Do any of you use the MOVEit Managed File Transfer (MFT) software? There is a vulnerability in the MOVEit Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution that allows privilege escalation and unauthorized access to the software's environment. The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has issued a threat level 4 warning. This is because it is now known that the MOVEit Transfer Zero Day vulnerability is being exploited on a large scale to steal data. In the meantime, however, security updates are available, and administrators must perform additional checks for compromises.
[German]Are self-signed e-mails received in Microsoft Outlook no longer displayed as HTML documents, but only as text? The cause is probably Microsoft Office version 2304 (build 16327.20308), which has this error.
I'm bringing up an issue that is currently bugging Windows Server 2022 (and Windows 11) administrators. After installing the cumulative update KB5026370 for Windows Server 2022, it is no longer possible to query "Effective Permissions" in Explorer. Windows Explorer loads the CPU, but nothing happens. Tobias had emailed yesterday afternoon to report the bug. But there are a number of cases and I already had the topic on May 27, 2023 in the blog post Windows: Patchday issues and fixes in May 2023 (Server 2022 effective access query, VPN) including references to further sources.
Microsoft has already released a toool for HVCI-Memory Integrity Compatibility Checks (hvciscan.exe) for Windows 10 and Windows 11 at the beginning of May 2023. With this tool, administrators can check whether a system has compatibility problems with memory integrity or hypervisor protected code integrity (HVCI). The tool is available for Windows Server 2016 through 2022, in addition to the clients mentioned above.
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[German]Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser 114 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows as of May 30, 2023 (thanks to the reader for pointing this out). These are security updates that fix critical vulnerabilities.
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[German]I'm picking up an issue that a blog reader reported to me back in March 2023. While checking his temp folder under Windows, he noticed that there are several GByte-sized log files with the name Aria-debug-xxx. His guess is that Office or Microsoft Word in conjunction with OneDrive has something to do with it. I then did some more research and found that the problem with these log files is probably more common and has existed on Windows since at least 2017.
[German]Mozilla's developers have just announced that the Firefox browser will move to the so-called Extended Support channel starting with version 115 for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Firefox 115 will be the last browser version that will still run on the aforementioned operating systems. Support ends in September 2024.
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another maintenance update of the email client to version 102.11.2 on May 27, 2023. It is a bug fix update, which should eliminate bugs. Thanks to the blog reader for the tip.
Since May 23, 2023 the cameras on Microsoft's Surface Pro X don't work anymore. Microsoft has now confirmed the issue and provided workarounds for managed and unmanaged devices. I've added the details to my blog post Surface Pro X cameras fails – certificate expired on May 23, 2023? Workaround possible.
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2013 – 2016
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2017 – 2020
