Windows 10/11: AppReadiness and the slow login

Posted on 2023-03-24 by guenni

Windows[German]A German blog reader contacted me the other day because he noticed a very crude effect under Windows 10 and Windows 11 in his enterprise environment. The user logon to the user account sometimes takes a very long time, namely when employees switch from the company network to the home office and want to log on there with the notebooks. I'll post this case here in the blog – maybe someone from the readership knows something about it or has an idea why the described effect occurs.

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Outlook vulnerability CVE-2023-23397 not fully patched

Posted on 2023-03-24 by guenni

[German]Brief addendum to the March 2023 patchday. Microsoft did provide the critical RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-23397 in Outlook with a security update on March 14, 2023. But the patch is incomplete, the attack can still be triggered with somewhat modified emails. And in the meantime, a proof of concept is public, demonstrating how the vulnerability is exploited.

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Windows 11 OOBE Updates and Windows 10 Dynamic Update (21.3.2023)

Posted on 2023-03-23 by guenni

Windows[German]Small addendum from Tuesday, because Microsoft has released other updates for March 21, 2023, in addition to various updates for Windows 10 (see Windows 10: Preview Update KB5023773 and OOBE Update KB5025801 (March 21, 2023)). There is Setup Dynamic Update KB5023847 for Windows 10, and both OOBE updates KB5025799 and KB5025800 for Windows 11 have also been released on this date.

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Windows: Login to client in a domain extremely slow because of TEMP files

Posted on 2023-03-23 by guenni

Windows[German]Some days ago an administrator reported in my German blog that he had this problem when logging in to Windows clients that were members of a domain. After various tests, it turned out that very many files in the TEMP folder of the user profile are the cause of this behavior.

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Google Chrome 111.0.5563.110/.111 (Desktop) – and for Android/iOS

Posted on 2023-03-22 by guenni

Chrome[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome browser 111 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows on March 21, 2023. These are security updates that fix critical vulnerabilities. The Extended Stable Channel and the apps for Android and iOS have also been updated.
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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Firefox 111.0.1

Posted on 2023-03-22 by guenni

Mozilla[German]Mozilla's developer have released versions 111.0.1 of the Firefox browser on March 21, 2023. The new version is a maintenance update, which is supposed to fix bugs.

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Windows 10: Preview Update KB5023773 and OOBE Update KB5025801 (March 21, 2023)

Posted on 2023-03-22 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released two updates for the currently supported Windows 10 versions on March 21, 2023. Once there is the optional Windows 10 preview update KB5023773 (C-Week). In addition, Microsoft has released an OOBE update KB5025801 for Windows 10. Below I summarize the relevant information.

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Windows 11 22H2: Microsoft confirms Defender bug "Local security protection is disabled"

Posted on 2023-03-22 by guenni

Windows[German]I had already reported on issues with Windows Defender on Microsoft Windows 11. Affected people reported a defender warning "Local Security Authority protection is disabled". However, the LSA protection could not be enabled. The bug has been hit Windows 11 users for several weeks, and Microsoft has now confirmed the issue.

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Optional Windows updates from April 2023 in 4th week of the month

Posted on 2023-03-22 by guenni

Windows[English]Microsoft has once again announced a change in the update cycle for Windows (10 and 11 as well as Sever). Non-security-relevant preview updates will always be rolled out in the fourth week of a month (D-Week) starting in April 2023. This is according to a Techcommunity article that explains the various updates for Windows.

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Windows 11: March 14, 2023 updates slow down some (SSD NVME) boot drives

Posted on 2023-03-21 by guenni

Windows[German]After the release of the cumulative security updates for Windows 11, reports have surfaced on the Internet that the performance of SSD drives has noticeably decreased following the update installation. Uninstalling the March 14, 2023 security update causes SSDs to return to their original read/write rates. It doesn't seem to be a general problem though, but depends on the SSD models used.

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