Does the Fix KB4487345 fail on Windows Server 2008 R2?

win7[German]Microsoft recently released Fix KB4487345 to fix the network bug in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Now there are users claiming, that this fix should not work on Windows Server 2008 R2.

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Windows 10 V1607: Update KB4480977 (01/17/2019)

[German]Microsoft has released the night (17.1.2019) a cumulative update KB4480977 for Windows 10 V1607 and Windows Server 2016. This is supposed to fix some bugs, but it has a whole latte of known issues.

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Windows 10 Network bug in all versions, fix are planned

[German]Microsoft's January 2019 updates are causing a network issue in all supported Windows 10 versions. A patch to correct the problem is expected in February 2019 or later. Here is some information about what is going on.

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Java 8 Update 201 released

[German]Oracle released Java SE 8 update201 in January 2019 (quarterly patchday). This is a security update that closes vulnerabilities (see also Oracle Security Advisory January 2019).

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VLC Player 3.0.6 released

Sicherheit[German]Another little addendum: A few days ago (on January 10, 2019) the developers of VideoLan released the VLC Player version 3.0.6 for Linux, macOS and Windows. This version closes a Denial of Service vulnerability of the previous versions.

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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 10: Update KB4023057 re-released (01/16/2019)

[German]Brief information for Windows 10 users: Microsoft has re-released its KB4023057 reliability update for Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 1803) on January 16/17, 2019. Some users are receiving an update error code 0x80070643.

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Windows 10 V1809 announced as ‘general available’

[German]Microsoft has announced the start of the general rollout of Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809). This build has been made available again since November 2018. Any user can now install this version, as long as the target hardware is compatible.

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Silverlight Update KB4481252 (01/15/2019)

Windows Update[German]Another brief information: Microsoft has released update KB4481252 for Silverlight on January 15, 2019. Here is some information about what you should know.

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VirtualBox 6.0.2 released

Virtualbox[German]Oracle's developers released Virtualbox version 6.0.2 on January 15, 2019. It is a maintenance release which provides bugfixes for the virtualization software.

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.NET Framework Preview Update KB4481488/4480096

Windows Update[German]On January 15, 2019 Microsoft released the preview rollup update KB4481488 for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2 as well as KB4480096 .NET Framework 4.6, 4.6.1 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1 and 4.7.2 for Windows 7.

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