[German]In Windows 10, the search in the Start menu repeatedly fails (as on February 5, 2020). This seems to be a recurring problem for which a blog reader sent me another observation and a solution that he uses in his corporate environment.
[German]If the search on the desktop fails you can reset it. Microsoft has released a script to fix a broken search in 2019. Within this blog post I will show, what Microsoft provides on solutions to fix a broken search.
[German]Some Windows 7 users (Addendum: and Windows 10) may be surprised to find that the operating system suddenly shuts down or restarts. The operation is rejected because of missing permissions (You do not have permission to shutdown this computer). Addendum: It seems to me, that an Adobe CC update from early Feb. 2020 (or for similar software) is causing this behavior. I've rewritten parts of the 'Adobe service' section, to make things a bit more clear. And there are signs, that Bitdefender Total Security 2020 may cause also this behavior – hope that helps.
[German]The team around Brandon LeBlanc, who feeds Windows Insider with Windows 10 builds, is now trying something new. They want to give the Windows insiders information about Build Update, Edge, Bing and whatever else is coming for insiders.
[German]Microsoft has published a security advisory for its Chromium-based Edge Browser as of 7.2.2020. In the browser some vulnerabilities rated as High or even Critical have been closed.
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[German]A brief message for users of Microsoft Exchange Online: There is a service disruption. Outlook has problems to retrieve the subject of e-mails correctly. Basically, we have been jerking around with recurring disruptions of the Microsoft Cloud in the area of Microsoft 365/Exchange Online and teams since January 30, 2020.
Currently, the Twitter service is probably struggling with technical difficulties. You can read tweets and 'like' to them, but you can't post anything else. Tom Warren is reporting this as well (and has an article here). But currently I'm able to tweet again.
[German]Microsoft has released a fix for the bug that causes a black desktop background on certain wallpapers with update KB4539601 and KB4539602 on February 7, 2020. Here are a few details.
Here is a workaround for the issue, caused by a driver update, that resulted for some users in a 640 x 480 Mode display.
[German]Security experts at Sophos have analyzed two RobinHood ransomware attacks and found that they use an outdated gigabyte driver to paralyze installed anti-virus software. The attack then launches for encryption.
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