[English]A little snippet of information that came to my attention recently. Frank Lesniak has been struggling for months with a randomly occurring CPU load under Windows. After some searching, he discovered that the Dell Alienware Command Center was the cause of the observed performance losses under Windows.
[German]A short reminder for administrators of Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 installs, that should and should be on the radar since months. In October 2025, both Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 will no longer be supported. Microsoft has recently drawn attention to this fact and outlined migration paths as offered.
[German]Brief information and question to the readers who have Zyxel firewalls in their portfolio as to whether there are any affected parties. It seems to have hit some instances today, January 24, 2025. The "boxes" were put out of operation by a faulty signature update. A blog reader from the Zyxel partner area informed me about this. There could be some work for administrators, as recovery is only possible on site.
[German]I'm posting a topic here as a separate blog post that has been on my agenda for two weeks. Administrators will have massive problems with unlicensed OneDrive accounts from January 27, 2025. These will either be deleted due to inactivity or it will be expensive.
[German]Still using a Windows 10 machine? Microsoft urgently needs Windows 11 users, because there is a problem with the switch. In view of the end of support for Windows 10 22H2 in October 2025, Microsoft is extending the upgrade offer. Windows 10 22H2 machines that are compatible with Windows 11 will therefore also receive an upgrade offer.
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[German]Question for Windows 10 users with Windows 10 22H2 who use apps from the Store. Do you also have the situation that certain apps are no longer updated but run into an error? A blog reader brought the issue to my attention and also provided details. However, it could be an isolated case. I'll summarize some information below.
Microsoft has released the Out of Box Experience update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 KB5050575 on January 21, 2025. This update is intended to improve the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) of Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025. This update is only active in the Windows OOBE process and only when OOBE updates are installed.
[German]There is a vulnerability in the archive program 7-Zip for Windows that can become critical when unpacking archives. The "Mark of Web" label for downloads can be removed when unpacking. There is already an update to fix the vulnerability.
[German]Short information for users or those switching to Windows 11 24H2. I have received reports that users suddenly notice sporadic network connection failures or run into network problems after switching to Windows 11 24H2 (adapters are deactivated and cannot be activated or do not work). Here is an overview of the error pattern and possible workarounds.
[German]Classic Outlook version 2412 (build 18324.20168) can crash when creating a new email or forwarding emails. Microsoft introduced a temporary fix on January 17, 2025 and plans to solve the problem with an update at the end of the month.
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