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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Windows 10 V1903: Optimization for Zen-based AMD CPUs

[German]A brief information for users of Windows 10 on Zen-based CPUs, which became known in the first half of June 2019. In Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903) Microsoft has made improvements and now supports the AMD CPUs more optimally. I'll just post them here in the blog – maybe the info is useful for someone.

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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 ...


Fixes for Windows event viewer bug (June 2019)

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has released several Windows updates over the past 10 days to fix the bug in the Event Viewer that occurred after installing the June 11, 2019 security updates. Here is a brief overview.

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Surfaces get firmware updates with security fixes

Microsoft has released a June 2019 UEFI firmware update with security fixes for its Surface models (Surface Laptop 1 and 2, Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book 1 and 2).

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Windows 10: Updates KB4501375, KB4504360, KB4506933 released

[German]After the updates KB4501375, KB4504360 and KB4506933 were tested in the release preview ring (see Windows 10: Update KB4509479, KB4509478, KB4509477, KB4509476 (06/26/2019)), the updates have now been generally released. 

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Windows 10 V1903: Upgrade error 0xC1900… and a broken start menu on AMD notebooks

[German]Here's a blog post about upgrade  upgrade errors and issues with Windows 10 May 2019 update caused by AMD's software "Adrenalin 20xyz". Older versions of this software can cause upgrade errors with the code 0xC1900…. And also a blog reader got a broken start menu.

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Windows 10: Update KB4509479, KB4509478, KB4509477, KB4509476 (06/26/2019)

[German]Microsoft released cumulative Update KB4509479 for Windows 10 Version 1809, Windows Server Version 1809, and Windows Server 2019 on June 26, 2019. The same fix is available under different KB numbers (KB4509478, KB4509477, KB4509476) for older Windows 10 versions,

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