[German]We have April 2025 and Statcounter's figures on operating system distribution on the desktop are available again for March 2025. Since Windows 10 will no longer be supported in October 2025, many users will only be able to use Windows 11. Could Windows 11 finally see a jump in usage?
[German]There are reports that VMware by Broadcom has broken the ability to automatically download updates for VMware Workstation. The cause seems to be a URL change to the update servers (something was changed on March 23/24, 2025), so that users receive a certificate warning.
[German]Apple released its iOS 18.4 for the iPhone on March 31, 2025 and also released iPadOS 18.4 for iPads. However, I have already received a report from an administrator who had problems with push notifications. He was then able to fix the problem by intervening. Continue reading
[German]Some time ago, I addressed the problem that administrators of Microsoft 365 users are experiencing here on the blog. Sporadically, users' signatures in Outlook 365 break and umlauts are no longer displayed if these signatures are stored in the cloud. A French reader has contacted me in the English blog and pointed me to a repair tool that he claims to have written for the problem.
[German]Microsoft started rolling out the new Outlook app in Microsoft 365 a few days ago. There is also a support article regarding changes to deactivating the new Outlook app.
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[German]I couldn't believe my ears, but an unnamed source whispered to me that VMWare by Broadcom is thinking about giving away free licenses for Linux "for a short time". Here are some details of what I've heard as "rumor" – I haven't received official confirmation yet.
[German]I'm pulling together a few more topics that I've come across over the last few days. Microsoft wants to maintain a roadmap for Windows and is working on a new recovery function. On the other hand, another online account requirement is emerging in Insider Previews. Here is an overview of these and other topics.
[German]Brief information for WhatsApp users among the readership (or to pass on to these users). The Meta service seems to be having problems saving backups to Google Drive. And there has been an update to the app recently, which brings Meta AI.
[German, German 2]Brief information for users and administrators of Windows 11 24H2 who suffer from the effect that the Outlook notification window opens emails in the background. I reported about the bug in February 2025 in my German blog. Now an affected person has informed me that Microsoft is now officially investigating this problem.
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[German]I have a rather strange case here that a blog reader and administrator has encountered. In February 2025, he reported that contacts were being sporadically deleted in some of his users' Microsoft 365 accounts. Now the administrator notices that emails are also being deleted.
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