Windows 10: “Socket Error 0×2200021” and WiFi issues

Posted on 2020-04-03 by guenni

[German]Since April 1, 2020, there have been complaints from Windows 10 users in Italian Microsoft forums reporting WiFi problems in connection with an update. The socket error 0×2200021 is triggered. Here is some information about this. Update: It turns out, it has been an April prank – not that funny at all! We had enough to do to fight against real Windows errors and other mess – no need to have additional noise from such guys in MS Anwers forum – that's going more and more downhill.

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Hackers infects thousands of MS SQL servers with backdoors

Posted on 2020-04-02 by guenni

[German]Unknown hackers are running a campaign (running since May 2018) against Microsoft SQL-Server. The group succeeds in providing thousands of these SQL servers with a backdoor every day. There seems to be a whole botnet of infected SQL servers running Remote Access Trojans and Crypto-Miner.

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Does Windows 10 VPN Bug-Fix Update cause Teams issues?

Posted on 2020-04-02 by guenni

[German]A brief question: Does somebody expects issues with Microsoft Teams after installing the out-of-band updates to fix the Windows 10 VPN internet connectivity bug (like update KB4554364)? One user reported, that the receive error 4c7 during Teams re-login.

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Windows 10 and the broken feature settings

Posted on 2020-04-02 by guenni

[German]The settings in Windows 10 are permanent under construction – or in other words 'simply broken'. Things that are changed in the control panel are simply not considered in the settings page. For example, Windows 10 doesn't properly apply the defaults for installed Windows features between Control Panel and Settings.

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Windows: Important driver update for Nvidia and Realtek

Posted on 2020-04-02 by guenni

[German]Nvidia has released the GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 445.78 for Windows to solve a problem. And Realtek has released Windows HDA drivers for several Lenovo ThinkCentre machines.

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

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Windows Admin Center Preview 1910.2

Posted on 2020-04-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released the Windows Admin Center as Preview 1910.2 on March 31, 2020. The preview is available for Windows Insider. Here is some information on this topic, which might be of interest for administrators in corporate environments

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Windows 10: PowerToys Version 0.16 released

Posted on 2020-04-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released version 0.16.0 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours ago. The new version brings the ImageResizer and the Window Walker.

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Windows 10 News Bar …

Posted on 2020-04-01 by guenni

[German]Sometime soon, Windows 10 will get a so-called news bar. Then important messages will be displayed above the taskbar during operation.

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Mitigating Windows 0-day ADV200006 via GPO

Posted on 2020-04-01 by guenni

[German]Small hint for administrators of large Windows environments in the Active Directory environment who need to plug the ADV200006 0-day vulnerability. Mitigation is possible using Group Policy.

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Microsoft postpone the deactivation of TLS 1.0/1.1

Posted on 2020-03-31 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just announced to postpone the deactivation of TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.2 for its browser products (Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11), originally planned for 1st half of 2020.

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