German District Hospital: IT systems grounded by a virus

German District Hospital Fürstenfeldbruck (in Bavaria) has been offline for more than a week with it's computer systems, due to a virus infection.

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Dutch report says Microsoft Office is not GDPR compliant

[German]It's no real surprise: An investigation for dutch governement found, that Microsoft spies on users for individual use through its Office Pro Plus modules. Office 2016 Pro Plus and Office 365 isn't compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Firefox 63.0.3 released

MozillaMozilla's developers have just released version 63.0.3 of the Firefox browser for Windows, Linux and macOS. It is a maintenance update which fixes bugs and vulnerabilities.

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Windows 10 V1809: Network mapping broken

[German]Again another blog post about the endless topic 'Network drive mapping doesn't work in Windows 10'. Microsoft has now admitted in a blog post that mapping network drives is broken under Windows 10 V1809.

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Outlook.com down

A brief information for people who are using Outlook.com and have problems with the registration or the mail transfer. It's not up to you or your systems, Microsoft has some problems with Outlook.com.

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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 Microsoft Office Updates (November 13, 2018)

Windows Update[German]As of November 13, 2018 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and products such as Sharepoint.

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Thunderbird 60.3.1 released

[German]Mozilla's developers have released an update of the email client Thunderbird, that changes the version to 60.3.1. Here are some information about that update.

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Microsoft Security Update Releases/Advisory Notification 11/2018

[German]Just a brief addendum to the Patchday (November 13, 2018). Microsoft has also released two documents with Security Update Release Information and Security Update Advisory Notification. Addendum: Revisions from November 14, 2018 are added.

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Windows 10 V1807: Media Feature Pack re-released

Short info for users of Windows 10 October 2018 Update N variants. After Microsoft has released Windows 10 V1809 again, the Media Feature Pack for this version is also available again. Details can be found in the blog post Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 N Version 1809.

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Windows 10 V1809 re-released (Nov. 13, 2018)

[German]Microsoft has re-released the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809) to the public on November 13, 2018. Here is some information about this re-release.

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