[German]Today (March 23, and 24, 2020) we have had some service disruption with remote software Teamviewer. Maybe a technical issue at the server infrastructure due to a heavy load with home office use during Corona crisis. Or a consequence of the suspended check for commercial use for free Teamviewer editions?
[German]Windows 10 users are facing the behavior, that Windows Defender skips items during a scan and reports this. In the meantime the cause is clear and I present a solution in the blog post. Addendum: Microsoft has issued a fix.
[German]An unpatched vulnerability exists in the Adobe Type Manager Library in all supported versions of Windows. Meanwhile hackers are trying to exploit this vulnerability, as Microsoft writes in a security advisory. Addendum: 0patch has released a micropatch.
[German]The US giant General Electric (GE) has now confirmed a data protection incident in which personal data of former and current employees of a service provider got into the hands of unauthorized persons.
[German]Microsoft has a new face for the Windows Insider program. After the departure of Dona Sarkar, Amanda Langowski will lead this program in the future.
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[German]In Windows 10 Version 2004, Microsoft will introduce so-called Hosted Apps in the Windows App Model. Here is some information about what Microsoft understands by this new app model.
[German]Microsoft has announced DirectX 12 Ultimate on March 19, 2020 in an extensive post DirectX 12 Ultimate in the developer blog. With appropriate hardware, DirectX 12 Ultimate will work together with Windows 10 version 2004 or higher. This is especially interesting for gamers and game development.
[German]The hacker competition Pwn2Own (spring 2020) had to be held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. Hackers were able to crack Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, VirtualBox etc. and secure larger amounts of prize money.
[German]There may be a problem with Windows Defender. In Windows 10, users who scan the system with Windows Defender receive a message that items were skipped due to exclusions or network protection settings. Addendum: Microsoft has issued a fix.
[German]Microsoft has released Update KB4541335 for Windows 10 Version 190x in the Release Preview Ring for Windows Insider. There are no details about this update. Downloads can be found here, and at deskmodder.de you can find this short article.
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2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
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