Windows 7: Forcing February 2020 Security Updates – Part 1

win7[German]Still using Windows 7 and interested installing the security updates from February 2020, although support for the operating system in January 2020 has fallen out of support? In this blog post I will outline an overview of several options.

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SQL Server 2019 CU 2 breaks SQL Server Agent

[German]Nasty  surprise for administrators of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 who install the cumulative update 2 of February 13, 2020. This can kill the SQL Server Agent.

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Sophos RED50: Bug that bricks UTMs found and fixed

[German]Good news for administrators using Sophos RED50 devices. The bug in the Sophos UTM version 9.603 software which caused the firmware of the device to crash, leaving it bricked, has been found and fixed via firmware update.

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Windows PowerShell 7 released

On March 4, 2020, Microsoft released PowerShell version 7.0.0 with some new features. On GitHub, Microsoft lists the changes in the release notes. On the GitHub page, you can also download it for different platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows).

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Sophos acquired by Thoma Bravo

[German]UK security vendor Sophos has been (finally) acquired by US private equity investor group Thomas Bravo for the price of $3.9 billion. That has been announced recently.

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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 ...


PowerToys 0.15.0 released

[German]Microsoft released version 0.15.0 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours ago. It is a maintenance update that fixes bugs and improves compatibility & quality. Addendum: Nothing is old as the yesterday's newspaper. Five hours after release, whe have version 0.15.1 with a bug fix – and a new crash.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (March 2, 2020)

[German]On March 2, 2020 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office (this time only for Office 2016 and Skype for Business 2013) that are still supported.

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Ouch: Let's encrypt withdraws 3 million certificates

[German]A brief message at the end of the day here in German: Let's encrypt had found a bug in the process of issuing certificates. So they now have to withdraw 3 million issued TLS certificates.

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Symantec acquisition by Broadcom ends in license/support chaos

[German]Another short message for IT service providers and people who need licenses for Symantec security products. After Broadcom's acquisition of Symantec, things are likely to go haywire and distributors will not be able to issue new licenses.

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Windows 10 V1909: Year 3000 Setup Bug

[German]Windows 10 users are already facing many issues. Now there's another blunder: On some mainboards a year 3000 bug strikes when the BIOS has a certain date. Then the operating system can no longer be installed.

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