[German]Microsoft has started to deploy the KB5001716 update to machines running Windows 10 version 21H2 and 22H2 over the last few days. The KB5001716 update is an update that refreshes the update components so that the systems can switch to Windows 11 24H2. Here is a brief overview of the situation.
[German]A blog reader told me about a strange problem in Microsoft Outlook Classic. Since June 13, 2025, Outlook shows a few minutes after start a dialog box "Add service" and disables the internet connection. It affects only single clients in two enterprise environments. Perhaps a reader has an idea of what is behind this.
[German]Security researchers from Rapid 7 have looked closer at various multi feature printers for vulnerabilities. They found them in the firmware of 689 Brother printer models. However, some printers from other manufacturers are also vulnerable.
Short addendum from this week: Microsoft had only released the optional, cumulative (preview) update KB5058481 for Windows 10 22H2 on June 24, 2025. Yesterday, June 26, 2025, the preview updates KB5060829 for Windows 11 24H2 and KB5060826 for Windows 11 22H2 – 23H2 were released. I have added the information in the article indows 10/11: Preview Updates June 2025.
[English]A small addendum from this week with good news for users and administrators of Microsoft Office 2024. The manufacturer has fixed a licensing bug that occurred during license management via Microsoft accounts.
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[German]Since the beginning of June 2025, users have been complaining that they can no longer use the Google Chrome browser if Microsoft Family Safety is installed on Windows. I had reported on this – and now Microsoft has officially confirmed the whole thing in a support article and described the background and a workaround.
[German]Are you responsable for Citrix NetScaler ADC and the NetScaler Gateway as an administrator? Last week I had reported on serious vulnerabilities on Citrix products mentioned above that should be closed promptly by patching. Now Citrix has changed the description of CVE-2025-5777, the vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) is even more critical than expected. Citrix Bleed 2 is virtually back and unpatched instances are extremely vulnerable.
[German]In a long blog post, Microsoft has once again commented on the benefits of Windows 11 in view of the end of Windows 10 support. For companies, the paid ESU program for another three update years is mentioned. And for individual users (consumers), there is a one-year ESU with a (poisoned) free option.
[German]Microsoft has released optional, cumulative (preview) updates for Windows on June 24, 2025. There is currently only one preview update KB5058481 for Windows 10 22H2. These updates contain corrections that can be tested and are then generally rolled out as fixes in the following month.
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[German]Brief information for those who are still managing Surface Pro 8 devices. There seems to be a problem that these devices suddenly lose their UEFI information (manufacturer, model, serial number). This causes a lot of trouble.
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