[German] Mozilla's developers have just (September 18, 2019) released version 69.0.1 of the Firefox browser. This is a maintenance update, which should fix bugs. Here is a brief overview of what changes in the new version. Continue reading
[German]A brief notification to Windows users (Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10): Microsoft released this week the anti-malware version 4.18.1908.7, which is used in Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). The update of the anti-malware module should fix the issue when running the command sfc /scannow in Windows 10. But the update has broken the ability to Microsoft's antivirus solution, to scan files. A quick scan is now really quick – it ends after seconds and scans just five to 64 files. Addendum: Microsoft has fixed the issue (partially) with an update – see inside.
[German]Microsoft has released Defender Antimalware version 4.18.1908.7 (on Sept. 13, 2019). This update should also fix the error when executing the command sfc /scannow. Here is some information about this topic, which has not been documented by Microsoft and is quite confusing.
[German]Surprising announcement that Microsoft made a few hours ago. The End of Life date of Exchange Server 2010 will be extended to October 2020.
[German]Administrators who use Microsoft's Windows Autopilot to set up Windows 10 machines should be aware of the known issues with Windows 10 version 1903.
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[German]The update KB4515384 for Windows 10 Version 1903, released on September 10, 2019 (Patchday), causes some issues that annoy users after install. Microsoft has now confirmed some of these bugs.
[German]A brief information for owners of a Surface RT (or all Surface models with 32-bit Windows 8.1 RT): With update KB4516067 Microsoft has accidentally revoked the certificates so that Internet Explorer can no longer be used.
[German]Microsoft has released a rollup and a security-only update as well as a Servicing Stack Update (SSU) on September 10, 2019. The Security-only update comes with telemetry, the updates may cause installation issues and the SSU has a surprise in its baggage. Here is an overview of what is known so far.
[German]A brief question, if anyone else has observed this. I just received the information that Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC installations were offered again a new feature update. It's no big deal, the update is not installed, but it's confusing. And it seems that this repeat itself sporadically since the June 2019 incident – I now have reports from August and September 2019 incidents.
[German]Microsoft has released a security-only update as of September 10, 2019. The Security-only update comes again with telemetry on board. Here is a review of what is known so far.
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