Windows 7/8.1: Nvidia ends graphics driver support in October 2021

Posted on 2021-06-14 by guenni

Windows[German]Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia has announced the end of Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 support with graphics card drivers on June 11, 2021. Starting October 4, 2021, Game Ready Driver upgrades, including performance improvements, new features, and bug fixes, will be available exclusively for systems running Windows 10 as the operating system. So support for Windows 7/8.1 in this regard will end. But critical security updates will be available for systems running Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 until September 2024. Support for the Kepler-GeForce GPU will also end then, as you can read here.

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

Posted on 2021-06-14 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft probably released the preparation update KB4023057 for machines with Windows 10 again the days. The update is supposed to improve the reliability of the Windows Update service. I interpret the whole thing in such a way that once again some update problems were found on the Windows 10 systems of private users, which one wanted to eliminate.

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Windows 10: End of support for Internet Explorer 11 on June 15, 2022

Posted on 2021-06-14 by guenni

[German]A small reminder for Windows users who still use Internet Explorer 11 as their browser. The desktop version under Windows 10 will be taken out of support in certain variants on June 15, 2022, and will no longer receive any updates. Microsoft will completely rely on Chromium Edge as the browser in Windows 10 in the future. Users now have one more year before the browser is displaced by Edge.

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Edge 91.0.864.48

Posted on 2021-06-13 by guenni

Edge[German]After the Chrome update, Microsoft has also updated the Edge browser and raised it to version 91.0.864.41. The update fixes various vulnerabilities that have already been fixed in Google Chrome.

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Boot Camp Update supports Windows Precision Touchpad Gestures

Posted on 2021-06-13 by guenni

Windows[German]Apple's Boot Camp allows Windows to be installed on the Mac so that you can switch between macOS and Windows when you start the Mac (details here). Apple has probably also improved the support for Windows Precision Touch in the latest update 6.1.15. Users on reddit.com have probably pointed this out. If you are interested, The Verge has published this article on the topic.

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June 2021 Cumulative Update for Exchange Server postphoned

Posted on 2021-06-13 by guenni

Update[German]Microsoft normally releases the quarterly cumulative updates (CUs) for Exchange Server on the third Tuesday of the month. This would be regularly on June 15, 2021. The days Microsoft informed in a tech community post that the June CUs for Exchange Server will instead be released two weeks later, on June 29. In addition to bug fixes and incorporating previous security updates (SUs) for Exchange Server, Microsoft wants to take a little more time to finish adding a new security feature to Exchange Server. More notes can be found in the Techcommunity post. (via)

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Out-of-band update for Windows 10 Xbox Game Pass bug

Posted on 2021-06-12 by guenni

Windows[German]Windows 10 users complained of issues when trying to install or launch an Xbox Game Pass game on your Windows 10 device. Affected people were redirected to the Microsoft Store page for Gaming Services. Microsoft had released some guidance on June 10, 2021 in the form of a registry intervention to resolve the issue (see this article at Bleeping Computer). Since this overwhelms many users, Microsoft released a special update KB5004476 on June 11, 2021, which is supposed to make these fixes automatically. The colleagues from Bleeping Computer have reported the details here.

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Windows 10 V1909: Microsoft fixes blocked Teams/Outlook/OneDrive login

Posted on 2021-06-12 by guenni

Windows[German]Update KB5003169 dated May 11, 2021 for Windows 10 version 1909 has caused issues, because logging into Microsoft 365 desktop client apps such as Microsoft Teams, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Outlook may fail. You may see error message 80080300 or "We ran into a problem. Reconnecting…" when authenticating or logging into Teams.

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June 2021 updates disrupt taskbar with 'News and Interests'

Posted on 2021-06-12 by guenni

Windows[German]With the June 8, 2021 security updates for Windows 10, Microsoft also forcibly introduced the "News and Interesting Topics" feature. In the meantime, some users notice that the taskbar function is disturbed and icons in the tray area (status area) of the taskbar are missing. Is once again a bug with announcement, since the problem already occurred in the preview updates at the end of May 2021.

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Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2: KB5003681 blocks Defender real-time protection (Error 0x800705b4)

Posted on 2021-06-12 by guenni

Windows[German]After installing the June 2021 security update KB5003681 (Security Only Quality), some users are finding that Windows Defender's real-time protection no longer opens on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. After uninstalling the update, everything works again. However, there may be a workaround.

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