Windows 10 V1803 and above: No more RegBack

[German]Windows 10 stops to auto back up copies of the registry into the RegBack folder since version 1803. Microsoft recently announced this within a support article. 

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Windows 10 V1903: Upgrade fails on some Apple Macs

[German]Windows 10 May 2019 update does not install on Macs that were introduced before 2012. The same applies to newer Apple Macs that have older versions of Apple's Boot Camp software or Windows Support software drivers installed.

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Windows 10 V1903: Creative X-Fi driver updated

[German]A few days ago Creative released an updated driver package 'Sound Blaster X-Fi Series Software Pack' for Windows 10 for download. The driver package fixes some bugs and also supports Windows 10 V1903.

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Windows 10 19H2 (18362.10000) released

[German]has released the first preview build 18362.10000 of Windows 10 version 1909 (19H2 development branch) for Windows Insider in the Slow Ring. The feature update is expected for fall 2019 (October).

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Windows 10 V1903 and Malwarebytes: Fix for Defender deactivation

[German]Malwarebytes has updated its software to fix the deactivation of Windows Defender under the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (V1903). That's the good news. The bad news: This issue has been reported in April 2019 – it took until July 2019 to fix that.

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

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Windows 10 V1903: Sandbox fails with error 0xc0370106

[German]Users of the Windows Sandbox included in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update now get the error code 0xc0370106 displayed when calling it. Microsoft seems to have broken this feature again. This time we have probably to blame the latest Intel Microcode Update.

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fai.music.metaservices.microsoft.com service down forever

[German]Brief information for Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center users. The service required for these programs is down. It looks like Microsoft has shut down the servers.

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Sysinternals Tools updates: Autoruns 13.96, Process Explorer 16.26, RAMMap 1.52 and Sysmon 10.2

Microsoft has updated Autoruns, Process Explorer, RAMMap and Sysmon from Sysinternals Tools on June 28, 2019. This are maintenance updates to fix some issues.

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Excel and the Power Query vulnerability

[German]Security researchers pointed out a few days ago a potential vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Power Query add-in that could allow a new attack vector. Office security mechanisms can be bypassed and the user does not need to actively intervene to launch the attack. Microsoft does not want to bring a fix, but there are workarounds. Here is some information on this topic.

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Windows Phone 8.x: Apps no longer updatable

Small reminder for users of Windows Phone 8.x devices: Tomorrow, July 1, 2019, Microsoft will cut off the possibility for app developers to post updates to these apps in the store (see Store Apps for Windows 8.x – important EOL dates). So you won't get any more app updates. (via)

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