Windows 10 V1903: External USB storage as Upgrade blocker

[German]Users of Windows systems may experience an unpleasant surprise. Microsoft seems to block the upgrade to the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903) as soon as external USB storage devices are found in the system. Here is some information on this topic.

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Tip: Troubleshooting TLS/SSL issues

What can we do, if Internet pages are not accessible due to TLS issues and the browser only displays error messages because communication via TLS/SSL fails?

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Windows Update Error 0x80246001

[German]Occasionally, Windows users are facing an update error 0x80246001 and the update install process aborts. This can occur on Windows 7 to Windows 10, but also on Microsoft Office. Here is some information about this error.

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Windows 7 shows End of Support notification

win7[German]It happened during the last time, first people have received the announced notification in Windows 7  that support for this operating system will end on January 14, 2020.

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Microsoft restores deleted Technet- and MSDN-Blogs

[German]After massive protests, Microsoft seems to be rethinking and trying to restore the blog posts that were deleted on Technet and MSDN during the hiring of employee blogs.

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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 7: Mc Afee is causing issues with April Updates

Windows Update[German]Some Windows users are facing issues with the security updates released on April 9, 2019. Now it became known, that also Mc Afee as virus protection solution probably is causing slow a system start with the April 2019 update KB4493472 in Windows 7.

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.NET Framework 4.8 (Final) released

Microsoft has released on April 18, 2019, (beside Windows 10 Version 1903) the final version of the .NET Framework 4.8 as well.

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CCleaner 5.56.7144 released

[German]A brief information for CCleaner users (I know that some of my blog readers are interested in that stuff). Piriform released an update to CCleaner v5.56.7144 for Windows on April 49 2019.

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Edge’s Secret Trick Breaks Internet Explorer's Security

[German]The 0Patch team has developed a micropatch to close a 0-Day Information Disclosure vulnerability in Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10. This vulnerability allows Windows attackers to access files and upload them from the user's system to their own servers. It is caused by an undocumented Edge feature that breaks IE 11's security under Windows 10.

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Vulnerability in Broadcom’s WiFi drivers, million devices at risk

[German]A major vulnerability in Broadcom's WiFi drivers enables remote code execution and threatens millions of computers, smartphones, tablets and IoT devices.

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