[German]Microsoft and Google have fixed am issue that drove some users crazy: The Edge Browser crashed under several circumstances during typing in Omnibox. The Edge development team found the cause and Google then cleaned up the code.
[German]On August 5, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20185 for insiders in the Developer Channel. The announcement with references to the innovations was made in the Windows Blog.
[German]A short reminder for administrators and users who use Microsoft Office. Support for various Office services in older Office versions will end in October 2020. And for macOS, support for Microsoft Office 2016 will end.
[German]Microsoft rolls out the new Chromium Edge for Windows 10 on a broad base. Some users are facing a slowed down Windows 10 after installing Chromium Edge update KB4559309. Now Microsoft has confirmed the issue and seeks for user feedback.
[German]On August 4, 2020 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. Here is a brief overview.
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[English]Microsoft has begun to block redirects in the Windows native hosts file that affect Microsoft sites in its antivirus products such as Microsoft Defender. The redirects are flagged as malicious (as HostFileHijack). I already mentioned that in part 2 of the article series – but now I get a more complete picture.
[German]Today still an issue, that has been observed through all Windows 10 builds. After upgrading to the next build, OneDrive fails and delivers 'OneDrive cannot connect to Windows'. There can also be printer problems. Here is some information about this topic that a German blog reader provided me. Microsoft has confirmed the problem, but did not provide a fix yet nor the workaround the reader gave me. Maybe this is helpful for one or the other admin.
[German]Microsoft's developers have now fixed two known issues with Bluetooth and Intel iGPU support in Windows 10 version 2004. Such systems can now be updated to version 2004.
[German]It looks like the Windows Defender has run amok again and considers the Windows hosts file as malicious and complains about it as HostFileHijack. I've had now a few confirmation from other users.
[German]New problem with the tool CCleaner Version 5.69. The program deletes files of Firefox 79 extensions, in which data or settings are stored, when cleaning. Here are a few details about this free software for Windows and a workaround.
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