[German]The January 2025 security updates can cause audio problems in several Windows versions (clients and servers). Microsoft has just documented this for Windows 11 24H2, Windows 10 22H2, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016. The updates mainly affect USB 1.0 audio units in special environments.
[German]I am posting the observation of a German blog reader also here in the blog, which relates to Remote Desktop Protocol sessions (RDP sessions) under Windows 11 24H2. In the reader's environment, there are massive problems with these RDP sessions hanging for users in certain scenarios. But it doesn't seem to be an isolated case, as I have seen.
[German]An administrator recently pointed out a very unpleasant finding to me. The Hyper-V virtualization solution promoted by Microsoft can hardly be used in certain scenarios (on AMD and Intel CPUs) to run multiple virtual machines under Windows 11 24H2 or Windows Server 2025. The reason for this is that the operating system does not provide any performance data and the scheduler cannot distribute the resources to the VMs properly.
[German]A short note to administrators and IT service providers among the blog readers who use TrendMicro Apex One for themselves or their customers. The update 13150 available for this security solution should be used with caution. A blog reader has informed me (thank you) that the update may kill the SmartScan function.
[English]A little snippet of information that came to my attention recently. Frank Lesniak has been struggling for months with a randomly occurring CPU load under Windows. After some searching, he discovered that the Dell Alienware Command Center was the cause of the observed performance losses under Windows.
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[German]A short reminder for administrators of Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 installs, that should and should be on the radar since months. In October 2025, both Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 will no longer be supported. Microsoft has recently drawn attention to this fact and outlined migration paths as offered.
[German]Brief information and question to the readers who have Zyxel firewalls in their portfolio as to whether there are any affected parties. It seems to have hit some instances today, January 24, 2025. The "boxes" were put out of operation by a faulty signature update. A blog reader from the Zyxel partner area informed me about this. There could be some work for administrators, as recovery is only possible on site.
[German]I'm posting a topic here as a separate blog post that has been on my agenda for two weeks. Administrators will have massive problems with unlicensed OneDrive accounts from January 27, 2025. These will either be deleted due to inactivity or it will be expensive.
[German]Still using a Windows 10 machine? Microsoft urgently needs Windows 11 users, because there is a problem with the switch. In view of the end of support for Windows 10 22H2 in October 2025, Microsoft is extending the upgrade offer. Windows 10 22H2 machines that are compatible with Windows 11 will therefore also receive an upgrade offer.
[German]Question for Windows 10 users with Windows 10 22H2 who use apps from the Store. Do you also have the situation that certain apps are no longer updated but run into an error? A blog reader brought the issue to my attention and also provided details. However, it could be an isolated case. I'll summarize some information below.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
