[German]Recent rumors say that Microsoft is planning further improvements to the user interface (UI) of Windows 10 for 2021. A short overview of the never ending topic 'screws on the user interface of Windows 10'.
Today, 28.10.2020: William Henry Gates III, better known as the US entrepreneur Bill Gates, and currently probably one of the richest people in the world, has turned 65 years old. At this point a 'congratulations' across the big pond. And a few personal lines, because without Gates my life would certainly have taken a somewhat different course.
[German]Microsoft has released update KB4577586 for Windows on October 27, 2020. The purpose of this update is to provide an option to remove the Adobe Flash Player.
[German]Has anyone noticed the problem with Defender in Windows 10 that the virus protection suddenly loses defined exclusions for scans? Here is some information on this issue. Addendum: The bug has been fixed.
[German]After installing cumulative October 2020 updates, various Windows 10 versions forget their certificates when upgrading to a higher Build. A blog-reader has pointed out the topic to me and I will summarize the information in this separate post.
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[German]Windows 10 users may receive the error code 0x000001F7 or 0x80131500 when trying to open the Microsoft Store on Windows 10. They will also receive the message 'Try again'.
[English]There has been a data leak incident at Amazon. Amazon employees have passed customer data, including their e-mail addresses, to third parties. The employees were fired and the affected customers were informed. I came across the issue in two places at once – here is some information.
[German]The provider Nitro PDF has experienced a massive data breach where cyber criminals have been able to stole data from customers. They are now selling the captured data in underground forums. This has implications for many high-profile organizations, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Chase and Citibank, whose documents appear in the records.
[German]Microsoft currently throttles the broad rollout for Windows 10 October 2020 Update (20H2) and partially sets upgrade blockers for machines. There are also some known bugs in this new Windows 10 version.
[English]With the October 2020 patchday, the end of support for various Windows and Office products is approaching, which will soon no longer receive updates. Here is a brief overview of which products are no longer supported or have already reached the end of life.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
