Windows (Insider Program): Quo vadis?

Posted on 2019-09-02 by guenni

[German]During the last years Microsoft has been putting a lot of strain on its Windows 10 users and participants in the Windows Insider program. According to the motto: A new confusion every day, different names are used for Windows 10, the rings in the Insider program are shaken up, and there are A/B tests where only a few people get new features. Somebody may wonder what's going on with Windows 10 and where the Windows Insider program is heading.

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Windows 10 1903 not offered, VeraCrypt as a root cause

Posted on 2019-09-01 by guenni

Users who are not offered the upgrade to Windows 10 version 1903 often puzzle over the cause of the upgrade blocker. It could be a hard disk encrypted with VeraCrypt.

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Windows 10 V1903: High CPU load from Cortana, Search broken, blame August 2019 Updates

Posted on 2019-08-31 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 10 version 1903 may run into problems after installing several August 2019 updates. Cortana causes a high CPU load on a core and the search does not work. And that doesn't necessarily depend on KB4512941 alone.

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Google Project Zero unveils: Websites infects iPhones

Posted on 2019-08-31 by guenni

[German]Security researchers from Google's Project Zero have discovered a previously unknown group of hackers who have been attacking iPhones via compromised websites for years. Visiting those sites leaves a complex exploit chains of malicious code on Apple devices.

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Security: Avira Optimizer allows privilege escalation

Posted on 2019-08-31 by guenni

[German]Users of the virus protection solution receive the Avira Optimizer installed in newer versions. Up to the version before 1.2.0.367, this contains a vulnerability that allows privileges escalation. The Avira developers have now fixed this vulnerability with the version mentioned above.

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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 ...

Microsoft: Flash in Browser will be removed end of 2020!

Posted on 2019-08-31 by guenni

Sicherheit[German]Microsoft plans to remove Adobe Flash from all Windows browsers by the end of 2020. The company has just announced this, and has rejected a suspicion that Flash will soon be removed.

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Microsoft Defender ATP 'Ask Me Anything' (August 2019)

Posted on 2019-08-31 by guenni

A brief information at the weekend. On Tuesday, August 13th, the Microsoft Defender ATP team hosted its first Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Twitter.

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Update KB4511555 .NET Framework 3.5/4.8 for Windows 10 1903 (August 30, 2019)

Posted on 2019-08-31 by guenni

Windows UpdateMicrosoft has released on August 30, 2019 cumulative Update KB4511555 for .NET Framework 3.5/4.8 for Windows 10 1903. Update KB4511555 reliability improvements in .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8. Among other things, the crash of the BCL component which caused BackupExec 20.4 to fail (see Windows 10: Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.7.2, 4.8 (08/20/2019)) is fixed. Details may be found within the linked kb article.

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Windows 10 V1903: Update KB4512941, KB4515530 (08/30/2019)

Posted on 2019-08-30 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released the KB4512941 cumulative update for Windows 10 Version 1903 on August 30, 2019. In addition, the and Servicing Stack Update (SSU) was released on August 27, 2019. Both updates were tested with insiders in advance. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Windows 10: Microcode Updates (August 29, 2019)

Posted on 2019-08-30 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a series of microcode updates for various Windows 10 versions as of August 29, 2019. I tried to create a list of the KB numbers involved.

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