Windows 10, the telemetry and the GDPR privacy problem…

Posted on 2020-01-03 by guenni

[German]We have January 2020, Windows 7 reaches the end of live and users shall upgrade to Windows 10 (according to Microsoft's plans). People who jumps on Windows 10 with enthusiasm should keep the telemetry in mind. Just realizing that even applications like the Windows editor Notepad reports its activities to Redmond. Yesterday and today I stumbled upon two information regarding 'Data protection in Windows 10' – that sheds a not so bright light on Windows 10.

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Windows 10: Update installs mysterious HP Inc. driver

Posted on 2020-01-03 by guenni

[German]Just a brief note: I became aware of a mysterious HP Inc. driver that has been delivered via Windows Update and installs in Windows 10. Here are a few details I know so far.

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Game WWE2K20 and the Year 2020 Problem …

Posted on 2020-01-02 by guenni

[German]Another funny thing about the start of the year – the game developer from Visual Concepts has run into a year 2020 problem. The game WWE2K20 has been finished since October 2019, but has been crashing since we wrote the year 2020.

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Operating system/Windows Market Share (December 2019)

Posted on 2020-01-02 by guenni

[German]It's early January 2020, and Windows 7 will expire this month. Time to take a look at the current market share of desktop operating systems as of the end of December 2019.

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Python 2.7 has reached end of life

Posted on 2020-01-02 by guenni

Python 2.7, first introduced on November 3, 2008, reached its long planned support end on January 1, 2020. On pythonclock.org all counters are now set to 0, as the following tweet shows.

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

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Happy new year 2020

Posted on 2020-01-01 by guenni

That's what I wish all blog readers that and also health and happiness – and of course no New Year's hangover.

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Office: OCPS Troubleshooting and Template issues

Posted on 2019-12-31 by guenni

[German]At the end of the year two additional topics for office administrators: One is is about the troubleshooting the Office Client Policy Service (OCPS), and the 2nd is about the problem that templates cannot be displayed in Office 2016.

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IoT provider Wyze admits data leak

Posted on 2019-12-30 by guenni

[German]Another addendum from the weekend. The IoT provider Wyze just had to admit a data leak. Nearly 2.4 million user data were stored unprotected on a server on the Internet.

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Windows 10 V1909 and a possible GPO Issue

Posted on 2019-12-30 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 November 2019 Update (Version 1909), seems to have issues with Group Policy because changes cannot be set reliably. At least a blog reader has made this experience in a test environment.

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Windows 10 Update drops error 0x80070490

Posted on 2019-12-29 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 users may fascing an updates install error 0x80070490. A blog reader recently pointed out a case for this issues with November and December 2019 cumulative updates and outlined how he could solve this.

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