Windows 10 Preview Updates (October 20, 2020)

Posted on 2020-10-21 by guenni

[German]On October 20, 2020, Microsoft released several cumulative updates as optionally installable previews for Windows 10 versions 1809 to 1909. In Windows 10 version 190x, the preview update anchors the Skype Lite blend Meet Now in the taskbar. Additionally, the preview updates correct some annoying problems like disappearing USB printers or the flickering of the screen caused by the last October update. Here are some details about the respective updates.

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Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2) released

Posted on 2020-10-21 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the Windows 10 October 2020 Update (Version 20H2) for download on October 20, 2020 (C-Week). It is the so-called autumn update for Windows 10 Version 2004.

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Issues with Microsoft 365 Cloud Service (10/21/2020?

Posted on 2020-10-21 by guenni

[German]Currently, Microsoft 365 cloud services (including Office 365) are probably experiencing service disruptions, mainly in the USA/North America. Microsoft has already introduced countermeasures that seem to be working.

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Bug or Feature: Why Microsoft Office forcibly installed PWAs in Windows 10

Posted on 2020-10-20 by guenni

[German]A little rumor why Windows 10 users have been forced to install PWAs for Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word in Windows 10 and have them pinned to the Start menu, even if an Office was installed In one sentence: The approach of Microsoft Marketing, who want to push Office, coupled with the lack of competence of the developers, a combination that rarely works well, has caused the mess.

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Windows 10 V2004: Issues with Update KB4579311

Posted on 2020-10-19 by guenni

[German]What about the cumulative update KB4579311 for Windows 10 Version 2004? Do you see issues? There are some users reporting installation errors and other issues.

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

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Patch 'Bad Neighbor' TCP/IP vulnerability CVE-2020-16898 in Windows 10/Server

Posted on 2020-10-19 by guenni

[English]Administrators and users should promptly install the security updates for Windows 10 and its server counterparts from October 13, 2020. Then the TCP/IP vulnerability CVE-2020-16898 ('Bad Neighbor') will be closed. US-CERT explicitly warns about this vulnerability. 

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Chromium 68 browsers (Chrome, Edge etc.) create debug.log files

Posted on 2020-10-19 by guenni

[German]Browsers based on the Chromium code such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Chromium Edge, Vivaldi etc. sporadically generate nonsensical debug.log files in version 68.x.

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Windows 10: Add account to mail app doesn't work

Posted on 2020-10-19 by guenni

[German]The mail and calendar app that's shipped with Windows 10 tends to fail. In my case, I was facing the situation, that no more mail accounts can be added, removed or viewed. Here is some information including a possible solution.

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Windows 10: Setup for Feature Updates had a vulnerability (Oct. 13, 2020)

Posted on 2020-10-18 by guenni

[German]There was an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability (CVE-2020-16908) in the Windows setup process, which Microsoft has addressed as of October 13, 2020. The vulnerability has been fixed by updating the setup for Windows 10 version 1903 and 2004 (relevant for WSUS and ConfigMgr).

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Windows 10 20H2: How it will be called?

Posted on 2020-10-18 by guenni

[German]In a few days or weeks the autumn 2020 update of Windows 10 will be unleashed on people. The exciting question would be what the part should really be called then – because at Microsoft there is a Babylonian language confusion.

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