PowerToys 0.19.2 released

[German]I had announced the release of the PowerToys update of version 0.19.1 in the article PowerToys 0.19.1 announced. On July 14, 2020 Microsoft has already rolled out version 0.19.2 of the PowerToys for Windows 10 users. This is a maintenance update, which should eliminate several bugs. The change log and the download can be found on this github page.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (July 14, 2020)

[German]On July 14, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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Outlook crashes with Error 0xc0000005, Workaround/Fix

[German]Users of Outlook have been suffering for several hours from the fact that the application crashes at startup, possibly with the error code 0xc0000005. This primarily affects Outlook 2019 and Outlook 365 – but older versions are probably also affected.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview 20170

On July 15, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20170 for insiders in the Developer Channel. The announcement was made in the Windows Blog, where references to this build can be found. Systems with AMD-CPU do not receive the update due to a bug. In addition, the Microsoft Launcher v6 for Android will be rolled out in general.

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Chrome 84.0.4147.89 released

[German]Google's developers have updated the Chrome Browser to version 84.0.4147.89 as of July 14 , 2020. This version closes vulnerabiltieis in the desktop version of Google Browser. TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support has also been removed.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Patchday: Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 Updates (07/14/2020)

Windows Update[German]On July 14, 2020, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (July 14, 2020)

Windows Update[German]On 14 July 2020, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. These updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about them.

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Critical update for SigRed Bug in Windows DNS Server

[German]There has been a bug in the code of the Windows DNS server for 17 years that leads to a critical vulnerability. The worm exploitable vulnerability could be exploited to gain domain administrator privileges and compromise the entire underlying corporate infrastructure.

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Windows 10: New 20H2 Insider Preview in Beta Channel

As of July 14, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview 19042.388 (20H2 development branch) for insiders on the Beta Channel (formerly the Slow Ring). The whole thing comes as cumulative update KB4565503. The announcement was made in the Windows Blog, where you can find references to this build and the bug fixes it contains.

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (July 14, 2020)

[German]On July 14, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about the respective updates.

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