[German]On December 10, 2019 (the second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about each update.
[German]Microsoft has released an ISO installation image for the Windows 10 Insider Previews 20H1 Build 19035. These ISO files can be used to install a corresponding Windows 10 Insider Preview 20H1.
On 10.12.2019) Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19041 (20H1) for insiders in the Slow and Fast Ring. The 'Quick Search' has been extended to several countries outside the USA. Bugs have also been fixed and other minor issues changed, as Microsoft is working towards the final. Details about the fixes and open issues can be found in the Windows Blog. (via)
[German]On December 10, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.
[German]As of December 10, 2019, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, and so on. Here is a compact overview of these updates.
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[German]Just a notification for Windows 7 SP1 users, who are using Microsofts Security Essentials (MSE) as an antivirus solution. Redmond stops updating the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) soon. MSE is reaching End-of-Life (EOL).
[German]I've been notified a few hours ago by a German blog reader about a data breach at Lufthansa's frequent traveller bonus program Miles & More. Customers has able access to foreign account data after login.
[German]Another article about an unpleasant topic: Defective Microsoft Surface Books due to inflating batteries. More and more users of the Surface Books of the first generation have been hit by this issue.
[German]There is one annoying flaw in the Group Policy for Active Directory. This prevents an administrator from setting a password policy that requires passwords of at least 15 characters. If an administrator tries to force the password length to 15 characters, an internal length of only 7 up to 14 characters is used. But there are workarounds.
Another little Sunday tip for readers affected by the topic 'Switching to the Cloud'. David das Neves has written an article Moving to Cloud, but with a real Strategy — part 1 about that topic. In the article he explains how a lousy strategy and lack of vision can be quite painful when moving to the cloud. Maybe helpful to one or the other of you.
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2013 – 2016
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