Windows 10: Insider Preview Builds 18351.8 / 18356.1

[German]Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 18351.8 in Slow Ring and build 18356.1 in Fast Ring. Both versions belong to the 19H1 development branch, which we expect to receive in April 2019 as Windows 10 V1903.

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Windows 10: Insider Preview Build 18855 (Skip Ahead)

Microsoft has just released the Windows 10 Insider Previews Build 18855 in the Skip Ahead Ring. This is a very early version in development branch 20H1, which we expect to receive in spring 2020 as a Windows 10 release. The announcement and a description of the changes can be found in the Windows Blog.

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Chrome 73.0.3683.75 available

Google's developers have released an update for the Google Chrome browser. This new version 73.0.3683.75 for Windows, Mac and Linux will be introduced in the next days/weeks. The update contains improvements and security fixes. Details about the changes can be found in the release notes.

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Surface Book 2: Weak Surface Dock power supply

A weak design of the Surface Dock is causing, that a Surface Book 2 is not supplied with power from the dock under heavy load (e.g. gaming). The device will drain then the battery.

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Patchday Windows 10-Updates (March 12, 2019)

[German]On March 12, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates have been released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about each update.

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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 ...


Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (March 12, 2019)

Windows Update[German]On March 12, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 12, 2019)

Windows Update[German]As of March 12, 2019, Microsoft released numerous security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, etc. Here is a compact overview about these update.

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Microsoft announces Windows 7 End of Life

win7[German]In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced again to the end of Extended Support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020 and provides information on the migration to successor operating systems.

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Windows 10 message ‘We removed some recently installed updates …’

[German]On Windows 10, you may see a message that an update has been removed automatically to recover a devices from a startup failure. Microsoft has now explained why you see this information.

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Windows Server 2016: KB4487006 causes Blue Screens

[German]Update KB4487006 released by Microsoft in February 2019 for Windows 10 V1607 and its server counterpart KB4487006 causes some servers to crash with blue screens.

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