[German]Microsoft has released optional, cumulative (preview) updates on February 15, 2022 (C-Week). These are intended to correct various bugs in Windows 10, Windows 11 and in the corresponding Windows Server versions. Below, I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10 and the Windows Server versions.
[German]It happens again and again that the update installation under Windows 10, Windows 11 or the Windows Server counterparts suddenly aborts with the installation error 0x8024001E. Then, of course, good advice is expensive and the question arises as to the cause of the error or a workaround for the installation abort. Since this error has been encountered again by users during the February 2022 patchday, here is a short explanation of what you should know.
[German]No idea if there are readers are responsible for online stores powered by the Magento open source software or the Adobe Commerce solution. Adobe has released an unscheduled special update on February 13, 2022 to address the already exploited CVE-2022-24086 vulnerability in its products. This vulnerability has already been used to hack numerous online stores using Magento or Adobe Commerce open source software in late January 2022. The attackers used the vulnerability to inject malware into the store systems.
[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome 98.0.4758.102 for Windows, Mac and Linux as of February 14, 2022. The Android browser has been updated to version 98.0.4758.101. The updates close 11 vulnerabilities. Some vulnerabilities are classified as High. Here is a brief overview.
[German]Microsoft has offered a Windows a feature called "Microsoft Family Safety" since years, which allows parents to control what children can do with a system. This ranges from limiting the usage time to specifying which applications can be called up. As long as I remember, though, there's been a problem with this feature not working reliably. But hey, we have a brand new and fresh Windows 11 now, so the question is, does the Microsoft Family Safety feature work for you?
[German]Apple has released an emergency update for iOS (and macOS, as well as the Safari browser) last week to fix a critical RCE vulnerability (CVE-2022-22620) in WebKit. The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has instructed all U.S. agencies to install update to close the CVE-2022-22620 vulnerability on devices in use by February 25, 2022. Users and administrators in Germany should perhaps also act promptly.
[German]Last week, or rather in the last few days, Microsoft has already pointed out that certain products will reach the end of support in a few months and will no longer receive updates. This includes older versions of Visual Studio, whose support will end on April 12, 2022. But also for users of Windows 10 version 20H2, support for security updates will already end on May 10, 2022. Microsoft has begun now to auto update these systems to version 21H2.
[German]February 8, 2022 was Microsoft's patchday, where a number of security updates for various products were made available. I had reported about these updates in the blog. At first glance, there was little trouble with the February 2022 updates. But some collateral damage came to my attention, which I'll summarize in a review.
[German]The meta-messenger WhatsApp has a client for the Windows desktop. A reader has now pointed out to me his observation that this app throttles the GPU performance of the desktop. I'm posting it man here on the blog with – maybe someone can confirm this.
[German]In late January 2022, a critical vulnerability CVE-2021-44738 in the PostScript interpreter of various Lexmark printers became public. The manufacturer warns about this vulnerability, which allows remote code execution, and provides a firmware update to close it. But there are other vulnerabilities that have received little attention so far, but may be more critical.
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