Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (April 14, 2020)

Windows Update[German]On April 14, 2020, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and other updates for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (April 14, 2020)

[German]On April 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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Support extension for Windows 10 V1809 until Nov. 2020

[German]Microsoft has just announced the support extension for Windows 10 version 1809 until November 2020 for the Home and Pro versions. The reason is the current coronavirus pandemic.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 14, 2020)

Windows Update[German]On April 14, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here is a compact overview of these updates.

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Google/Apple Covid 19 API: More answers

[German]Google and Apple plans to implement an API for a COVID 19 tracking system in Android and iOS. Now there is some more information about this project.

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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 ...


Uninstall Office 365 and install Office 2016

[German]On Windows systems where Microsoft Office 365 was installed as a trial version, there are often problems to cleanly uninstall this trial version and then install Microsoft Office 2016 (as an MSI version). Here are some hints what you can do.

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Office 365 can’t be uninstalled completely

[German]On some Windows systems, a trial version of Microsoft Office 365 is pre-installed. It appears that there's trouble uninstalling this preinstalled version of Office 365 completely. This leads to issues, when installing Office 2016 in MSI version.

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Security update Foxit Reader 9.7.2

Windows Update[German]The developers have each released a security update for the Foxit Reader and theFoxit PhantomPDF, updating the software to version 9.7.2.29539. A critical RCE vulnerability is fixed in conjunction with the DocuSign plugin. More details can be found at deskmodder.de. Addendum: It seems, that the patch has been pulled.

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Microsoft Edge 81.0.416.53 released

Edge[German]An anonymous blog reader left this comment, pointing out, that Microsoft has releaded Chromium Edge 81 in stable channel.  I updated the browser in Windows 7 and got version 81.0.416.53. Continue reading

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