Windows 10 V1903: Update KB4517389 and VB issues

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]A brief addendum to the October 2019 Patchday. As it appears, the KB4517389 cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1903 causes issues with certain 16-bit Visual Basic 3 applications.

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Microsoft Introduces Secured Core PCs w. Firmware Protection

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has introduced a new development, the Secured Core PCs with additional protection against firmware attacks. This standard was defined together with OEM vendors.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview 19H2 Build 18363.418

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18363.418 for machines that were on Build 18362.10024 in the Release Preview Ring.

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Abbis: AVAST fights off a cyber-attack attempt on its network

Posted on 2019-10-22 by guenni

[German]Unknown actory probably had access to the AVAST network for about 6 months. The aim was supposedly a new supply chain attac attempt to compromise of the CCleaner software build environment. AVAST claims to have fight off the attack.

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Windows 10 V1903 Acryllic-Bug (in 20H1) fixed

Posted on 2019-10-21 by guenni

[German]After months Microsoft probably fixed a bug with transparency effects (Acryllic display) on the user interface of Windows 10 (but in the 20H1). Here some information, what it is about.

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Windows 10 V190x: Microsoft changed CPU requirements

Posted on 2019-10-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has probably changed last week the Windows Processor Requirements für Windows 10 Version 1903 and for the upcoming Windows 10 Version 1909.

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Microsoft Office 365 service disruption (Oct. 18/19 2019)

Posted on 2019-10-20 by guenni

Since October 18, 2019, multifactor authentication for Azure and Office 365 appears to be disrupted. At least customers in North America are affected. Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V190x: Update KB4522355 (Insider) re-released

Posted on 2019-10-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the update KB4522355 again for the Windows 10 versions 190x on October 18th and 19th, 2019. However, these are only delivered to Windows Insider for testing purposes. Continue reading →

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Microsoft open sources SandDance

Posted on 2019-10-20 by guenni

SandDance is a visual data exploration tool, developed from Microsoft Research. Now Microsoft has open sourced this tool.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19002.1002 (20H1)

Posted on 2019-10-19 by guenni

Microsoft has released a cumulative update for the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19002.1002 (from development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in the Fast Ring on October 18, 2019. This should fix the bug that causes some devices to hang when shutting down or restarting. This is stated in an addendum to the Windows Blog. The update should also be available for build 18999. (via)

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