Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-09 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 on February 8, 2022. Among other things, fixes are being made to the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Here is an overview of these special updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the corresponding Windows Server versions 2008 R2 and 2012/R2.

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022 Updates (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-09 by guenni

Windows[German]On February 8 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which was released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various issues. Addendum: In addition, Windows Server 2022 received an update. Here are some details about these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-09 by guenni

Windows[German]On February 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) were released. Here are some details about each of the Patchday security updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-08 by guenni

Update[German]On February 8, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.

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Windows 10/11: Microsoft will fix performance issues (Feb. 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-08 by guenni

Windows[German]Windows 10 and Windows 11 are experiencing performance issues, especially when accessing storage media, as a result of the November 2021 updates. There are indications that Microsoft is working on eliminating these problems through updates. However, it is currently unclear to me how much of these issues have already been patched and whether more fixes are expected on the February 2022 patchday.

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Windows: Status of printing issues (a.o. Dymo Labelwriter) before Feb. 2022 patchday

Posted on 2022-02-08 by guenni

Windows[German]What is the status regarding Windows and printing problems due to security updates? In 2021, PrintNightmare kept the administrators very busy because printing suddenly stopped working after the update. In the last few days and weeks, I have received a few reports about printing problems (network printer problems, Dymo Labelwriter under Windows 11), which is why I am giving an overview in the run-up to the February 2022 Patchday.

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Windows Server: Out-of-band updates fixes Active Directory forest trust information bug (Feb. 4, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-08 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released Out-of-band updatesfor .NET Framework on February 4, 2022. This is to fix a bug when reading or writing Active Directory Forest Trust Information on Windows servers from Apps. The bug is caused by the January 11, 2022 security updates and results in a 0xc0000005 error.

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Microsoft and the unfixed ReFS bug in Windows

Posted on 2022-02-08 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft's patchday is on February 8, 2022 again. However, those who hope that certain things will be fixed with the security updates on February 8 after the disaster with the January 2022 patchday might be disappointed. At least that probably applies to the ReFS issue, which leaves the corresponding volumes as RAW in certain scenarios. In the meantime, I have a technical explanation why the out-of-date updates do not bring any improvement in some scenarios. Whether Microsoft will ever fix this is still unanswered.

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VMware Converter withdrawn (Feb. 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-07 by guenni

[German]Brief note, I came across here: VMware VMware has withdrawn the VMware Converter from its download pages last week. This is a tool that allows you to transfer images of physical machines into VMware virtual machines (P2V).

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Facebook: Stock went down, and now exit threat in Europe? (Feb. 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-07 by guenni

[German]Dark clouds over the horizon for Facebook and its users? Or joyful news for Internet users? Since Facebook (lately they call themselves Meta, but I'm still using Facebook here in the article) presented the last quarterly report, the stock has been in a nosedive, because they are hardly gaining any new users. And now there's also the threat that they'll pull out of Europe if they're not allowed to continue transferring data from Europe to the US and analyzing it for micro-targeting.

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