Dona Sarkar leaves Windows Insider program

[German]A little surprise that might not be a surprise after all. Dona Sarkar leaves the Windows Insider Program to move to the Azure developer group.

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Windows 10: Activation /Update Error 0xC0020036

[German]Windows 10 users occasionally facing the problem that the operating system reports error code 0xC0020036 during an update installation. I have also seen the error code associated with Windows activation. In the blog post I discuss this error code.

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Intel proposal SAPM protection (Meltdown, Spectre)

We know CPU based vulnerabilities like Meltdown and Spectre since 2018. Now Intel came out with new propose scalled 'SAPM' memory type to protect against Meltodwn, Spectre, and the other speculative execution attacks

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Windows: Dell OptiPlex 7070 BIOS update enables Cloud install

Just a short information: At the end of September 2019, Dell released a BIOS update for its Dell OptiPlex 7070 systems. This provides support for downloading recovery images from the cloud.

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Windows 10 V1909 in Release Preview Ring

[German]Just a brief information: Microsoft has released the Windows 10 version 1909 as a build for Windows insiders testing in the Release Preview Ring. Here are a few details I know so far.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Windows/IE: Issues and confusion with updates (10/03/2019)

[German]Microsoft has released a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer on October 3, 2019, as well as an optional bug fix update for various Windows versions to fix the printer bug. At the end of the day, it turns out that the updates raise more questions and problems than they solve.

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Windows Updates fixes printer bug (Oct. 3, 2019)

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has released on  October 3, 2019, a bunch of updates for Windows 7 to Windows 10 and their server counterparts. These are intended to solve the problem with printers that has occurred since the end of September 2019.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18995 (20H1) released

Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18995 (from development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in the Fast Ring on October 3, 2019. This build should lead to another feature update in spring 2020. The announcement with details about new features/changes and bugs can be found in the Windows Blog.

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Internet Explorer: Cumulative Update KB4524135 (10/03/2019)

[German]Microsoft finally released the cumulative security update KB4524135 for Internet Explorer versions 9 to 11 on October 3, 2019 to close a vulnerability that had become known in September.

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Windows 10: Update KB4517211/KB4522015 breaks VMware Workstation

[German]It seems, that Update KB4517211 for Windows 10 Version 1809 and  KB4522015 for Windows 10 Version 1903 breaks older Versions of VMware workstation. This virtualization software can't launch after installing this patch.

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