Windows 7 / 10 prevents shutdown / restart (Feb. 2020)

Posted on 2020-02-08 by guenni

win7[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.

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Windows 10 Insider News – Microsoft tries a new approach

Posted on 2020-02-08 by guenni

[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.

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Microsoft Security Advisory Notification für Edge (7.2.2020)

Posted on 2020-02-08 by guenni

[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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Issues with Exchange Online/Outlook (Feb. 7, 2020)

Posted on 2020-02-07 by guenni

[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.

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Twitter is broken (Feb. 7, 2020)

Posted on 2020-02-07 by guenni

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.

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

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Windows 7: Update KB4539601 / KB4539602 fixes black Desktop

Posted on 2020-02-07 by guenni

win7[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.

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Surface Pro 7/Laptop 3: Fix for 640 x 480 Mode update issue

Posted on 2020-02-07 by guenni

Here is a workaround for the issue, caused by a driver update, that resulted for some users in a 640 x 480 Mode display.

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RobinHood Ransomware kills AV via vulnerable Gigabyte driver

Posted on 2020-02-07 by guenni

[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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Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise and LDAP Channel Binding

Posted on 2020-02-07 by guenni

[German]A brief information for administrators of Windows systems running Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise. Sophos has published an article that addresses issues related to Microsoft's planned LDAP channel binding and LDAP signing requirement.

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Realtek closes a DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in HD Audio driver

Posted on 2020-02-06 by guenni

[German]Vendor  Realtek has closed a DLL hijacking vulnerability in its HD audit driver package. Here is some information about this issue.

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