Windows 10 V1803: Fix for Explorer Timeline crashes

Posted on 2018-05-14 by guenni

[German]In Windows 10 April Update (version 1803), users users are facing cyclic Explorer crashes or freezes. Other applications may also be affected. The reason is a bug in Timeline. However, there is a workaround.

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Skype in decline: Who broke it?

Posted on 2018-05-13 by guenni

Skype[German]Not so good news for Skype users – Microsoft has been carving around the Skype clients since taking over Skype in 2011. In the meantime, the clients are difficult to use and are often buggy or lacking functions. Skype has somehow been a story of decline for years and one can get the impression that Microsoft is somehow about to sink Skype. Bloomberg has taken up and analyzed the whole thing in an article.

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Tor Browser 7.5.4

Posted on 2018-05-12 by guenni

SicherheitThe developers of the Tor Browser (or The Tor Network) released the update to version 7.5.4 on May 9, 2018. Here is an overview of what has changed.

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Virtualbox 5.2.12

Posted on 2018-05-12 by guenni

VirtualboxOracle released the virtualization software VirtualBox version 5.2.12 on May 9, 2018. This is a maintenance update which should fix some bugs.

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Windows 10 V1803: (Boot-) issues with update KB4103721

Posted on 2018-05-12 by guenni

[German]Users who upgraded to Windows 10 version 1803 (April Update) have received the cumulative update KB4103721 as of May 8, 2017. However, some systems have boot problems or other bugs. Here is an overview of what you should know.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17666 (RS5) released

Posted on 2018-05-10 by guenni

Microsoft has released on May 9, 2018 the next Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17666 from the Redstone 5 development branch in Fast and Skip Ahead Ring. The announcement has been made within the Windows Blog, where you may read further details about improvements and know issue. An issue not mentioned from Microsoft: Clipboard history stores passwords in plain text.

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Windows 10 V1803: Rollout stopped for Intel SSDs

Posted on 2018-05-10 by guenni

[German]Owners of Windows 10 systems with Intel SSDs have to wait for the upgrade for Windows 10 April Update. Microsoft has stopped the rollout due to compatibility issues for such systems.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server May 2018

Posted on 2018-05-09 by guenni

Windows Update[German]On May 8, 2018 Microsoft released several (security) updates (KB4103718, KB4103712) for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates (KB4103725, KB4103715) for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Windows 10 security updates May 8, 2018

Posted on 2018-05-09 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds on May 8, 2018. Also included is a first update for Windows 10 version 1803.

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Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 N Version 1803

Posted on 2018-05-08 by guenni

[German]This time it went pretty fast – Microsoft has made the Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 N April Update (version 1803) available for download on its servers. The Media Feature Pack is required to use certain functions.

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