[German]Microsoft mistakenly released build 18947 of Windows 10 (the 20H1 development branch) a few hours ago. Was only distributed to Windows Insiders and the version has already been withdrawn. It looks as if Microsoft is working internally on a revision of the start menu.
[German]A brief note for users of Windows 7 SP1. The night Microsoft has once again rolled out the Windows 7: New notification update KB4493132. Here is some information about the update.
Uncertainty about the reported remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2019-13615 in the VLC player. It's supposed to be a patch in the works, but the VideoLAN project states that the reported vulnerability cannot be reproduced. I added the topic to the blog post Critical vulnerability in VLC player up to V3.0.7.1.
Microsoft has updated the release preview of the update KB4505903 for Windows Insider again on June 23, 2019. It raises the build to 18362.266. There are no update details – I mentioned the update in the article Windows 10 V1903 Updates (July 17, 2019). (via)
[German]In a few months we will get the autumn edition of Windows 10, currently in development as 19H2. Here is an overview of what might change with regard to the installation of this function update.
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[German]Another addendum: Microsoft has already confirmed a bug in Windows 10 V1809 at the end of June 2019, which caused a delay in shutting down the operating system. The bug was fixed in Windows 10 Version 1903. There will probably be no bug fix for Windows 10 Version 1809. Here some information about this topic.
[English]On July 22, 2019, Microsoft released an optional cumulative update and a service stack update for Windows 10 version 1809. Here are some details about each update.
[German]Another warning – after someone has posted slide deck foils about the BlueKeep vulnerability on GitHut, it shouldn't be long before a working exploit appears in practice.
[German]Still 6 months before the end of Extended Support for Windows 7, the corporate environment is struggling hard. Around 20% of the companies have not yet started migrating and a considerable proportion of systems continue to run Windows 7. Microsoft is also gradually shutting down services in the Windows 7 environment. As of January 22, 2020, Internet games will no longer work under Windows 7.
[German]Today, a look at the vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 (BlueKeep) in Windows Remote Desktop Services, for which Microsoft released updates from Windows XP to Windows 7 on May 14, 2019.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
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