[German]I'll pull it out separately, because the topic will still occupy us. With the October 2020 updates, Microsoft has introduced a change in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 as well as the server pedants. Third-party drivers will be blocked if they do not have a correct format with signature in the catalog files. Here is some information on this topic.
[German]Short information for administrators of HPE Proliant systems running Windows Server 2019 (or Windows Server 2016). Does the system throw a Blue-Screen SYSTEM THREAD EXEPTION NOT HANDLED as soon as the security update from October 2020 is installed?
[German]Currently there seem to be problems with HP business notebooks running Windows 10 again. HP Sure Click is causing trouble with the October 2020 updates for Windows 10, here is a short summary of what I recently noticed
[German]Administrators of Microsoft SharePoint Server (2013-2019) should ensure that they are patched against the CVE 2020-16952 vulnerability. The vulnerability is likely to be exploited by now.
[German]Another short information for administrators in corporate environments. Microsoft has changed the location for compliance records in its Team Application without much notice. As a result, PowerShell scripts that generate certain reports in this area no longer work.
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[German]Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20236 for Windows Insider in the Developer Channel on October 14, 2020. The announcement was made in the Windows-Blog, where the list of new features, fixes and known issues can be found. This is how you screw with the search in the start menu. Martin Geuß has published some information about it here.
[German]Microsoft released an experimentialversion 0.24.0 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users on October 13, 2020. These tools are free and provide additional features for Windows 10, this time it is a stability update for each tool. Also included for the first time, the feature for muting the sound during video conferences. The announcement of the release of an 'experimental' variant of PowerToys version 0.24.0 can be found on Github. This experimental version contains the video conference mute function (Mute) as well as everything that is included in version 0.23.2. The developers point out that there are still some problems. Only testers of the release preview channels will get this update. If you are using PowerToys version 0.23.x, the next major update will be version 0.25.
[German]The developers of the Tor bundle released Tor Browser 10.0.1 as a bundle on October 13, 2020. I just got the update delivered automatically. The Tor bundle offers the possibility to surf the Tor network anonymously.
[German]As of October 13, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released various security relevant updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.
[German]On October 13, 2020, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here is some information about them.
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