Surface Tools for IT Version 1.0 released

[German]Microsoft has provided a collection of tools for IT departments as form of 'Surface Tools for IT'. Version 1.0 of the collection has been released for free download end of April 2019.

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Firefox: Expired certificate disables addons (May 4, 2019)

Mozilla[German]Firefox users are currently suffer from a fat bug. The browser disables since May 4, 2019 suddenly extensions (Addons). Background is an expired certificate. Update: Mozilla has just released a fix that will be rolled out in the coming hours (see article end).

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Windows 10 V1809 Update KB4495667 (May 3, 2019)

[German]Today, May 3, 2019, Microsoft surprisingly released the cumulative update KB4495667 for Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019. Here is an overview about this update.

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Windows 10 V1809: Update KB4501835 (May 1, 2019)

[German]Microsoft has released update KB4501835 for Windows 10 V1809, which was 'missing' on April 25, 2019, on May 1, 2019. Here's some information about this update.

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Citrix Workspace-App comes w/o VC++ Runtime from V1904

[German]Citrix has updated its Workspace app to version 1904. This app is now distributed for the first time without the Visual C++ Redistributable (Runtime) in the installer. Here some information about this app.

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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 Server 2008/R2: Update KB4493448 fixes Netdom

[German]A small addendum to the March/April patchday for Windows. Under Windows Server 2008/R2 netdom.exe was broken after installation of the SHA 2 update. The security update KB4493448 from April 2019 fixes this again.

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Windows 10: Nvidia Geforce 430.39 video driver is causing high CPU load with nvdisplay.container.exe

[German]Windows 10 users installing the Nvidia Geforce (430.39) graphics driver may notice that the program nvdisplay.container.exe is causing a high CPU load. But you can fix that.

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Huge data breach impacts 80 million US households

Ethical hackers from vpnmentor found an unprotected database on the net on a cloud server. The data base contains sensitive data from 80 million US households. And no one knows who owns the database.

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IE 11 Security update KB3185319 offered again in 2019

Windows Update[German]After April 2019 patchday, some Windows 7 users are confronted with a curiosity. Windows Update or WSUS suddenly provide the security update KB3185319 for Internet Explorer from 2016.

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Sophos patches his AV products due Windows Update issues

[German]A brief of information for users of Sophos enterprise security solutions. Sophos has just begun to deliver an update to correct the Windows patchday problems caused by its products. Here is some information on the subject.

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