[German]Mozilla Firefox 115 ESR still runs on Windows 7 / 8.1 and has been in extended support for some time. It was previously known that the developers wanted to support this browser version until March 2025. The Mozilla developers have now confirmed that Firefox 115 ESR support for some older Windows and macOS operating systems will be guaranteed until September 2025.
[German]Short addendum from last week – on February 12, 2025, Microsoft released a FSLogix update to 25.02 (3.25.202.4223). The release notes state that – among other things – the cache should now be deleted cleanly. Could solve some problems in this environment. Fixed a problem related to symlink reparse points that affected App-V and other components with similar calls.
[German]A German blog reader contacted me on February 13, 2025 because he was experiencing problems with his WSUS. The Windows clients had not reported to WSUS since February 12, 2025. This could be corrected by reading back the backup. But the question is whether anyone else has noticed anything like this, or whether it is an isolated case? After publishing the German article, other admins reported also this issue.
[German]In my opinion, it is still a left over from the time when Microsoft wanted to make a splash with Windows Mobile phones and Cortana. Back then, the "Location Service" was implemented in Windows. Microsoft has now announced that the "Location History" is classified as obsolete and will be removed from future Windows versions at some point.
[German]Since October 2024, owners of ASUS computers that appear to be formally compatible with Windows 11 24H2 have faced the problem that no feature upgrade was offered or the installation failed. Microsoft has now resolved this problem and removed the upgrade blocker on Windows 11 24H2.
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[German]Am 11. Februar 2025 (zweiter Dienstag im Monat, Patchday bei Microsoft) hat Microsoft auch das kumulative Update KB5051987 für Windows 11 24H2 freigegeben. Nun gibt es Berichtet, dass dieses Update nicht nur Installationsprobleme verursacht, sondern bei Installation den Windows Explorer beeinträchtigt.
[German]To officially install Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft requires the use of a compatible CPU. An updated list of compatible CPUs for AMD and Intel was published a few days ago. Not much has really changed – AMD has added a CPU, while Intel has dropped support for various CPUs for new OEM devices.
[German]Since the release of Windows Server 2025, a boot problem in iSCSI environments was confirmed by Microsoft as a known issue. Microsoft has now provided a fix for this problem on February 11, 2025 and lists the issue as resolved. This can be seen from an entry on the relevant Microsoft Windows Release Health dashboard.
A little tip for administrators who are responsible for the cloud and Microsoft Entra. Microsoft has made a collection of templates and materials for the end-user rollout available for download.
[German]A German blog reader contacted me a few days ago with a strange observation. The reader uses a backup solution that is launched cyclically via the Windows task scheduler. Since December 2024, however, the reader has noticed that the tasks of the task scheduler no longer run cleanly, but are deactivated. It affects a Windows computer in his environment, and it was unclear what is responsible for the deactivation of the backup task. After publishing the German blog post, the reader found out, that CCleaner was the culprit.
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