Edge 92.0.902.62 fixes PDF freeze bug

Edge[German]Microsoft has also updated the Edge browser to version 92.0.902.62 as of July 29, 2021. The release notes on the beta channel  state that various bugs and performance issues have been fixed. German blog reader Uli writes that this update fixes the issues described in the blog post Microsoft Edge 92.0.902.55: Fixes vulnerabilities, causes freezes in PDFs.

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Out-of-band update KB5005393 for Windows 10 V1607 printing issues (July 29, 2021)

Update[German]Microsoft has now released the unscheduled update for Windows 10 version 1607 as well as Windows Server 2016 on July 29, 2021. This special update KB5005393 is supposed to fix the printing problem in connection with a SmartCard authentication. Here is a quick overview of this update.

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Windows 10 V1909: Preview Update KB5004293 (July 29, 2021)

Windows[German]In addition to the preview update for Windows 10 version 2004 – 21H1 (see Windows 10 2004-21H1: Preview Update KB5004296 (July 29, 2021)) Microsoft also released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5004293 for Windows 10 version 1909 (Enterprise, Education, IoT) on July 29, 2021. The update fixes several gaming issues as well as many other bugs. Here is an overview of this update.

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Windows 10 2004-21H1: Preview Update KB5004296 (July 29, 2021)

Windows[German]Microsoft has released another optional cumulative (preview) update for Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1, as well as their Windows Server counterparts, as of July 29, 2021. The update fixes several gaming issues, as well as many other bugs. Here's an overview of this update.

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Windows 10: Reliability update KB4023057 re-released (July 2021)

Windows[German]Microsoft has once again released the preparation update KB4023057 for machines with Windows 10 in July 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 systems of private users that prevent an upgrade.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft Security Update Revisions (July 29, 2021)

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Brief information for Windows admins in the corporate environment. Microsoft has released the night of 7/29/2021 revised security updates to mitigate NTLM Relay attacks on Active Directory certificates and vulnerability CVE-2021-36934 (Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, HiveNightmare). I'll post it here uncommented for your information.

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Microsoft Office 2010: Can't be activated anymore?

[German]Owners of Microsoft Office 2010 who are still using this package should realize that this product has not only fallen out of Microsoft support, but can also no longer be re-activated in case of a fresh install. Microsoft seems to refuses now to activate the product after a re-install, as I have now learned in two specific cases.

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Windows 8/8.1: Out-of-band fix for printer issue (July 28, 2021)

Update[German]Microsoft has released the next set of out-of-band updates for Windows 8 Embedded/Server 2012 and Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2 on July 28, 2021. These updates are supposed to fix the printing issue in connection with SmartCard authentication. Here's a quick overview of the new updates.

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Future Windows Server versions will only be available as LTSC

Windows[German]Microsoft is cutting Windows Server channels and eliminating the semi-annual upgrade channels in the future. Starting with the upcoming Windows Server 2022, there will only be so-called LTSC variants every two to three years, which will get five years of mainstream support and another five years of extended support with security updates.. Continue reading

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Out-of-band updates fixes Windows printing issues (July 27, 2021)

Update[German]Microsoft has released unscheduled updates for Windows 10 version 1809, as well as Windows 7 SP1 (with ESU) and Windows Server 2008 SP2 (with ESU), effective July 27, 2021. These special updates are intended to fix the printing issue associated with SmartCard authentication. Here is a quick overview of the situation.

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