Windows 10: Insider Preview 18351 in Slow Ring

Microsoft  has released the Windows 10 Insider Previews Build 18351 in the Slow Ring. This is the version in development branch 19H1 that we expect to receive in April 2019 as Windows 10 V1903. The info can be found as a supplement to March 11, 2019 within the Windows Blog. Build 18351.7 (KB4492310) contains a single fix for the problem that Chinese versions of several games do not work.

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Outlook 2010 can’t access Mail after Updates from 03/05/2019

[German]On March 5, 2019, Microsoft released several updates for Office 2010. I now have some information that Outlook 2010 can no longer receive e-mail from POP3 e-mail servers.

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News about the broken MSComCTL.ocx updates on Office

[German]Here's the subject up again in the hope that more people will be affected. It's about the problem that Microsoft delivers a MSComCTL.ocx version of Office updates that no longer works with existing software.

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CCleaner v5.54.7088 available

[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 v5.54.7088 for Windows on March 4, 2019.

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ReactOS 0.4.11 released

[German], 2019, the developers of the project released ReactOS 0.4.11. I downloaded this version a few days ago and tested it in a virtual machine. Here are some information and impressions.

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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 ...


Revised Skype for Web (March 2019)

SkypeMicrosoft has released a new version of Skype for Web. This version brings HD video calls, revised notifications and more. But there are also restrictions like no Linux or Chrome OS support.

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Windows 10: Insider Preview Build 18353 (19H1) in Fast Ring

Microsoft published the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18353 in the Fast Ring on March 8, 2019. This is the version in the 19H1 development branch that we expect to receive in April 2019 as Windows 10 V1903.

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Notepad++: Developer no longer ships a digital signature

Don Ho, developer of Windows editor Notepad++, announced that he no longer digitally sign the code starting with version 7.6.4.

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Critical Chrome vulnerability puts 32-bit Windows 7 at risk

[German]The critical vulnerability reported in February 2019 has been closed on March 1, 2019 by a Google Chrome browser update. This vulnerability is active exploited in the wild, but only on 32-bit versions of Windows 7. Here are a few details.

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Windows 7 Extended Security Updates buyable from April 2019

win7 [German]Microsoft offers Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 SP1 for companies until January 2023. This extended support can be bought from April 1, 2019 (hope it's not an April fools prank).

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