Windows 10 Version 2004: Deprecated/removed features

[German]On May 27, 2020, Microsoft released the function update to Windows 10 Version 2004. In the new version some functions are marked as 'deprecated'. Other functions have been removed.

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Windows: New rules for graphics drivers evaluation

[German]Microsoft has announced in a new technet document to revise the rules for driver testing. The Windows graphics team has developed three new rules. Two rules deal with crashes and hangs in various applications on the devices caused by the graphics driver. One rule deals with driver rollbacks.

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Data of Austrian citizens released in Darknet

[German]Data from citizens of Austria, specifically government employees and police officers, has been offered in the darknet for purchase. The trace may lead to the Gebühren-Info-Service (GIS) of Austria.

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OneDrive causes network performance issues

[German]Does the OneDrive client cause performance issues in Windows 10 networks since the last updates? That's what blog reader Ansgar G. observed with his customers. And other users has confirmed that, although I haven't found other hits in the Internet.

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Upgrade Block to Windows 10 2004 for devices with Core isolation (HVCI)

[German]Microsoft has set an upgrade stop on the feature update to Windows 10 version 2004 for machines that use hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI) or memory integrity (Core isolation).

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

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Windows 10: Search broken after Update? (May 2020)

[German]At the end of April 2020, Microsoft released several cumulative updates for the various versions of Windows 10. Since these updates are available, there are more and more reports about a broken Windows 10 search.

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Search in Outlook 2016/2019 still broken (May 2020)?

[German]Since the beginning of May 2020, some users of Microsoft Outlook are having a broken search function. Microsoft rolled out a fix for this the problem, but this does not always seem to work. Here's a summary of the feedback I've received in the blogs so far.

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Windows 10 Version 2004/Windows Server 2004 released

[German]As expected, Microsoft has released both Windows 10 version 2004 and Windows Server 2004 for general use in the late evening of 27 May 2020.

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Google Chrome: 70 % of all vulnerabilities are memory issues

Interesting evaluation of vulnerabilities in the Google Chrome Browser. Raw about 70% of all security issues can be traced down to problems in memory management.

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Save.tv/UseNeXT.de online again after hack, Data leaked

[German]The provider SAVE.TV is back online with his service since a few days – and after a hack. The same applies to the UseNeXT.de service. I had the topic with me on resubmission in order to add or disclose information. Now I know more inside details and had also recognized, that the ransomware gangs behind the attack also released extinct data.

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