[German]Maybe it is common knowledge – I was not aware of it: Locally logged in users can retrieve the password of a Wi Fi (WLAN) under Windows if it was entered under the same user account. This does not require administrator privileges if done correctly. After a reader pointed this out to me, I was able to reproduce this myself on a Windows 10 22H2 system. Here's a brief overview of why it works.
[German]It's clear that Microsoft is already developing successors to Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2022. Now, however, the first hints have come to my attention that there might be a Windows 12 and a Windows Server 2025. So there is still an "on-premises" server operating system planned by Microsoft. Here some information, what came under my eyes.
[German]It's a rather crude case that German blog reader Thomas has just put "on the table" for me. There was a need to change the computer running Windows – I don't know the details. Following this action, the user found that he could no longer access his OneDrive account. Microsoft denies access. Even a registration from Microsoft is no longer possible, because the account is rejected.The user is now wondering where Microsoft once again "took a wrong turn" and whether this can have to do with a strange "security incident" a few days ago.
Microsoft has authorized Arm versions of Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise for the Mac with Apple silicon for use in a virtual machine hosted with Parallels Desktop for Mac. IT administrators can now allow their users to run Windows 11 on Arm in Parallels Desktop Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise on Mac with M-Series chips. Details are available at Options for using Windows 11 with Mac® computers with Apple® M1® and M2™ chips.
[German]I got several reports from administrators that the February 2023 security updates to Windows Server 20212 R2 (and Windows 8.1) are causing issues and the installation is aborting with error 0x800F0922. With Windows 8.1 it is clear, because of the end of support. But with Windows Server 20212 R2, administrators may thank Microsoft's AI-powered Extended Support update check. I'll just thread together some information I have now here.
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[German]Administrators of Fortinet's FortiNAC and FortiWeb need to take action. The vendor released a security advisory this week and fixed critical RCE vulnerabilities. The question that arises: Why only now, isn't the vulnerability CVE-2021-42756 probably known since 2021? Is there something being exploited in the wild? Here is some information about it.
Kevin Gallo has been a developer at Microsoft since 1993 and until most recently held the position of "corporate vice president" for the Windows Developer Platform. Gallo has just announced he is leaving that post and Microsoft after nearly 30 years. To that end, he writes:
The "banana software matures at the customer". Microsoft raised the Edge browser in the Stable Channel to version 110.0.1587.49 on February 16, 2023 (they are shipping bug fixes). On February 17, 2023, Edge was raised to version 110.0.1587.50 in the Stable Channel. According to the release notes, the maintenance update is for "Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Stable and Extended Stable release."
[German]Another addendum from this week regarding the manufacturer Citrix. Citrix has issued a security bulletin for the vulnerabilities CVE-2023-24484 and CVE-2023-24485 in the Citrix Workspace App for Windows. So administrators using the Workspace app should update. In addition, a blog reader alerted me about issues with installing the Citrix Workspace App 2302 for Windows. I'll summarize these two issues in one article.
[German]Windows 11 users reported an "update installation jam" on Microsoft Answers – tens of updates were listed, but could not be installed. Some received the installation error 0x80070103. This error seems to have been corrected by Microsoft on its update servers. In addition, Windows Server 2012 R2 users are receiving update installation error 0x800F0922. Here is an overview of these issues.
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