CCleaner 5.50 released

[German]Just a brief information for CCleaner users, since I know that some of my blog readers are interested. Piriform has released end of November 2018 CCleaner 5.50, a free Windows cleaning and optimization tool. Continue reading

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Cyber attack from russion ‘Snake’ group on German und US government agency and military

[German]In November there seems to have been a new cyber attack campaign on German politicians, the Bundeswehr (German military) and German embassies. At the same time, new hacking attempts on US government agencies, think tanks, and businesses, the companies has become known. Russian hacker group Snake (aka Fancy Bear) are supposed to be the source of these attacks.

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Windows 10 V1803: Remote WMI causes error 0x80070005

[German]In Windows 10 version 1803 and above remote WMI is no longer possible. A bug causes an error 0x80070005 during remote WMI operations. Here is some information about this topic.

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Windows 10 Version 1809: Update KB4469342 V3

[German]Microsoft is still testing release cumulative update KB4469342 for Windows 10 V1809 with Windows Insiders. Now version 3 has made it to Microsoft's update servers. But the general rollout has not started yet.

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Surface Pro 6: No HDR streaming support?

[German]It seems that Microsoft's latest innovation, the Surface Pro 6, can't stream HDR-quality content to external monitors or display such content to external devices via Displayport. 

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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 ...


Thunderbird 60.3.2

[German]Mozilla's developers have just released an update to Thunderbird 60.3.2. This is a maintenance update, which fixes some bugs, but also still has unresolved issues. Here is some information about it.

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Intel announced ‘Modern Windows Drivers’ (MWD)

[German]Intel doesn't always have luck when it comes to graphics drivers for Windows. There has been many issues with Intel drivers within the past. Now Intel has announced  the 'Modern Windows Drivers' model (MWD) for Windows 10.

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Bing says VLC player site is malicious

[German]Microsoft's search engine Bing is probably in a clinch with the Videolan website where the VLC player is hosted. The website is classified as 'dangerous'. Addendum: This fals warning has been fixed.

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OneDrive and Azure Data Lake Store down … (11/29/2018)

[German]Anyone who currently has issues accessing the OneDrive cloud storage is not alone. It's not your system, it's Microsoft – the service is probably down at the moment. Also the Azure Data Lake Store is down..

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Possible hack: Dell resets customer passwords

Currently Dell has reset all customer passwords for his site dell.com. The reason is a suspected security incident (hack) in the company.

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