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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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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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 ...


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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Wrong time in Windows – Reader observations

[German]In Windows there seem to be problems with the synchronization of the internet time lately. after a problem at the end of march a short addendum to this topic.

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Configure Windows Event Viewer for audits and security monitoring using the PowerShell tool

[German]How to configure the event viewer in Windows so that it can be used for audits and security monitoring. Someone has written a PowerShell tool for this purpose.

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Microsoft-Edge: Windows 7 Support, Update Error 0x80040154

Edge[German]Microsoft has now given a date for the Edge Browser to be supported on Windows 7 SP1. In addition, testers get the update error 0x80040154 in the canary builds.

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