Microsoft released on Dec. 6, 2019 Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19037.1 (20H1) for insiders in the Slow and Fast Ring. It is a bug-fix release since Microsoft is working towards the final. Details about the fixes and open problems can be found in the Windows Blog. (via)
[German]Short note for users of the Windows 10 October 2019 Update (V1809). Microsoft has now started to upgrade (Forced Update) existing Windows 10 systems to the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (V1909).
[German]A Hackergroup, called OceanLotus, has tried to infiltrate the computer network of the German car manufacturer BMW at the beginning of the year 2019. However, the action attracted attention of BMW security experts, who observed the intrusion. The infected computer has now been switched off and the hackers have been locked out.
[German]Microsoft released a set of firmware updates for Surface Pro 7 on December 5, 2019. In addition to improvements to the cameras, the Surface Dock USB performance and battery performance will also be optimized.
[German]Microsoft had just released version 0.14.0 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users (see PowerToys 0.14.0 released). Now a bug fix update to version 0.14.1 has been realeased.
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[German]Microsoft has released the update KB4533028 for Windows 10 Version 2004 (20H1 development branch, see Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19033 (20H1) in Slow and Fast Ring – will be Windows 10 Version 2004) for insiders on December 4, 2019. This cumulative update raises the build to 19035.1000. Within the announcement of this build, Microsoft informed use also about some other changes. They say that the Notepad store app dies, for instance. Continue reading
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird have now released version 68.3.0. This is a maintenance update for the main 68 version of the email client.
[German]On December 3, 2019 Mozilla's developers released the next major version 71 as well as the 68.3esr of the Firefox browser. The update does not work for all users. Some users are claiming damaged/deleted profiles and lost addons. Here is a short overview of the known issues.
[German]Mozilla developers have blocked (removed) AVG and AVAST antivirus addons in Firefox from Mozilla addon store. The probable reason: The addons of this provider (AVAST) must have passed on private data. Addenum: A statement from AVAST has been added.
[German]On December 3, 2019 (the first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft released a series of non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office (this time Office 2016 only) that are still supported.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
