The folks at Advanced Installer provide a free eBook on MSI packaging with their product. The eBook introduces how to create MSI packages for Windows with Advanced Installer and explains how to create/use MTS, how to create patches in MSP format and reveals some practical scenarios around the topic.
[German]With the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers on Windows, it can happen that the pinned tile icon is lost during a version update. There is a simple workaround you can try for pinned shortcuts to restore the icon. Continue reading
[German]Owners of PCs equipped with the Intel Alder Lake CPU could run into trouble when playing games. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection breaks games under Windows 10 and Windows 11, which can no longer be used. Intel has since published a list of affected CPUs.
[German]Cisco Talos security researchers have discovered that the Babuk ransomware gang is using the ProxyShell vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange to install a web shell called "China Chopper". A Babuk ransomware partner named "Tortilla" probably joined the group in October and is deploying this web shell. The ProxyShell vulnerability can be closed long ago by updates on on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers.
[German]Microsoft has again released the preparation update KB4023057 (Update for Windows Update service components) for machines with Windows 10/11 on November 5, 2021. The update is supposed to improve the reliability of the Windows Update Service, i.e. to find any update problems on the Windows 10/11 systems of private users that prevent an upgrade.
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[German]Microsoft has released an unscheduled update KB5008295 for Windows 11 as of November 5, 2021. The purpose of this update is to fix the startup issues of the apps shipped with Windows 11. These apps have not been launching since November 1, 2021 because a certificate expired on October 31, 2021. This also fixes the Snipping tool that is on strike.
[German]It's November 2021, time to take a look at the state of affairs regarding the distribution of feature updates. Microsoft started updating more compatible Windows 10 machines to Windows 11 a few days ago. Further, Windows 10 21H1 is now being released to all compatible machines – and Windows 10 21H2 should be close to release. Here's a brief overview.
[German]Anyone who uses VPN providers must be able to rely on their security and integrity. Security researcher Bob Diachenko of comparitech has recently come across an unprotected database (no password) on the Internet containing more than 300 million records with the personal data of VPN users. The records have since been traded on underground forums, and the operator of a VPN service denies maintaining a database. But a week after the company was notified, the database had disappeared from the Internet. Continue reading
[German]Mozilla's developers have released the version 94.0.0 and 91.3.0esr of the Firefox browser on November 2, 2021. And then the 94.0.1 was immediately added to correct a bug.
[German]A small addendum for people who already use Windows 11 and are surprised that individual apps suddenly no longer work. Windows 11 is still extremely new, it was only released on October 5, 2021. But on October 31, 2021, a certificate used to digitally sign apps expired. As a result, certain apps or applications included with Windows 11 will go on strike from November 1, 2021. This can happen and Microsoft has profound workarounds.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
