Windows 7: Support ends in 6 months

Posted on 2019-07-15 by guenni

win7[German]A brief Note – we just have had July 14, 2019, which means exactly 6 months until January 14, 2020. This is the last day of updates for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 / R2. These operating system are reaching its end of life in January 2020. What to do?

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Active Directory Administrator ‘Backdoor’

Posted on 2019-07-14 by guenni

Today a Sunday security snippet. It's about Active Directory and its administration, including the question of how someone who used to be an admin can leave behind a kind of 'backdoor', through which he could later make himself an administrator again.

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Firmware-Update for Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3

Posted on 2019-07-14 by guenni

Brief info for surface owners. Microsoft has probably just released firmware updates for July 2019 for its Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3 models. Contains the 'Surface UEFI – 3.11.2650.0 Firmware' which fixes potential security vulnerabilities (including the 190013 MDS vulnerability). (via)

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Windows 10 V1903: Microsoft confirms two new issues

Posted on 2019-07-14 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has updated its Status Summary page for the Windows 10 May 2019 Update. In addition to three removed upgrade blockers, two new known issues have been confirmed – one, the Surface Book 2 dGPU issue is an upgrade blocker. However, regular blog readers may know these issues – and in contrast to Microsoft – there is a workaround for the black windows on remote desktop sessions, which is documented within the blog here.

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Rollback: Microsoft doesn’t cut internal use rights for its Gold and Silver partners

Posted on 2019-07-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft decided to cancel its plans to remove the internal use rights (IUR) for owners of an action pack or for licenses granted to its Gold and Silver partners. That's the news of the day.

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Windows 10 V1903: Further 3 upgrade blockers removed

Posted on 2019-07-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just announced that barriers to upgrading to Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903) has been removed. This includes the issue that USB media can block a feature update during installation.

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McAfee Endpoint Security blocks Windows login

Posted on 2019-07-12 by guenni

[German]Users of McAfee Endpoint Security 10.2 and earlier may have another issue. Endpoint Security blocks Windows logon. McAfee has confirmed that issue since a few days and provides workaround and fixes. 

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June Update KB4503276 blocks PXE boot on SCCM DPs

Posted on 2019-07-12 by guenni

[German]A brief warning for administrators using Windows Server 2012 to deploy via SCCM. The June 2019 update KB4503276 causes trouble because it prevents PXE booting (WDS). Microsoft has now confirmed the problem.

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Windows 10 V1903: Remote Desktop shows Black Screen

Posted on 2019-07-12 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 10 who have upgraded to the May 2019 update and are using the Remote Desktop for remote sessions may suffer from the fact that only a black windows appear. This applies only to users in corporate environments where Remote Desktop is available and occurs only on older hardware. Here are some information and backgrounds.

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Windows 10: Microsoft explains Best Practice for Language Pack deployment

Posted on 2019-07-12 by guenni

In a blog post in the tech community, Microsoft has just explained what to consider when rolling out Windows 10 in organizations when considering multiple language packs.

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