Windows 10 V1903: Remote Desktop shows Black Screen

[German]Users of Windows 10 who have upgraded to the May 2019 update and are using the Remote Desktop for remote sessions may suffer from the fact that only a black windows appear. This applies only to users in corporate environments where Remote Desktop is available and occurs only on older hardware. Here are some information and backgrounds.

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Windows 10: Microsoft explains Best Practice for Language Pack deployment

In a blog post in the tech community, Microsoft has just explained what to consider when rolling out Windows 10 in organizations when considering multiple language packs.

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Windows 10 V1903: Update KB4507453 causes Reboot-Notification loop

[German]Microsoft has released update KB4507453 for Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903) on July 9, 2019. The update forces some systems into a 'reboot notification' loop. In other words: Although the update has been successfully installed, the user is told to restart again to install the update. There are may workarounds. Here is some information about what I've found so far.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18936 (20H1) released

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18936 (from development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in Fast Ring. The announcement with details about new features/changes and bugs can be found in the Windows Blog.

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Windows 7 Update KB4507456 (security only) with Telemetry

win7[German]It's an unpleasant surprise administrators of Windows 7 systems. July 9, 2019 patchday from Microsoft comes also with security-only Update KB4507456, but this package has telemetry on board. 

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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 ...


Windows: July 9, 2019 Updates breaks sfc

[German]After Microsoft released its Windows Update for July 9, 2019, the system file checker (sfc) command to repair broken files under Windows finds some damaged files, but can't fix them. But an analysis shows, that it's not caused by Windows 10 security updates released in July 2019. It seems that an updated signature file for Windows Defender is causing this issue since July 10, 2019.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (July 9, 2019)

[German]As of July 9, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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VMware ESXi: Hosts crash during VM shutdown with PCI passthrough

[German]A brief note about an issue that may occurs with VMware ESXi virtualization solutions when PCI passthrough is used. Then the host may rashes when the virtual machines (guests) shut down.

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Thunderbird 60.8.0 released

The e-mail client Thunderbird have been updates to version 60.8.0 on July 9, 2019. This is a maintenance update, which, according to the release notes, only fixed small changes in the calendar.

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Intel Releases Security Updates (July 9, 2019)

[German]Intel has released several security updates on July 9, 2019 to fix vulnerabilities in Intel Solid State Drives for Data Centers and Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool. One of the vulnerabilities is rated as high.

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