Windows: Update issues and –re-releases October 2018

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has re-released its Flash October 2018 update for Windows 10 V1809. There are probably issues with the metadata of the Windows 7-October 2018 updates. And in the Microsoft Update Catalog there are new update packages with the date October 15, 2018. Here is an overview.

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Windows 10 V1809: Update KB4464455 for Insider

[German]Microsoft has just released the update KB4464455 for Windows Insiders testing Windows 10 V1809 in fast and slow ring. The update is intended to fix several bugs. Also a dynamic Update KB4466596 for Windows 10 V1809 has been released.

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Insider Builds in Slow Ring will get Updates soon

[German]Microsoft plans to modify his Windows Insider program in the future. Versions that have made it into the Slow Ring for testing by users will also get updates (like regular Windows 10 builds) in the future.

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died at 65

Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, died of cancer on Monday, October 15, 2018, at the age of 65, according to CNBC. Born in 1953, Allen left Microsoft as early as 1983 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. This cancer were now also the cause of his death.

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Microsoft: 'OneNote app will be better than Win32 application'

Microsoft has stopped the development of the Win32 version of OneNote and offers only a Windows 10 app with reduced functions. But this is supposed to change 'soon', the OneNote app has big plans.

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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 KB4468550 fixes audio bug

[German]Microsoft has responded quickly to audio issues that occurred under various Windows 10 builds after the October 2018 patchday. Update KB4468550, released on October 13, 2018, fixes these audio issues

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Windows 10 Mobile (V1607) End of live 2019?

[German]Confusion for users of Windows 10 Mobile devices. Support for Windows 10 Mobile V1607 has been ended on October 9, 2018. But, according to a Microsoft post from Friday October 12, 2018, the End of Life is announced for October 9, 2019. I saw it in the RSS feed as a Microsoft announcement on October 12, 2018. But it should be a typo.

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iOS 12 on 50% of compatible devices

Success for Apple and its recently released iOS 12, which runs on just one in two iOS devices a month after release, Apple just announced.

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FOSS LinuxBoot replaces UEFI on servers

[German]Vendors using Linux-Servers intends to move away from proprietary hardware with UEFI, Intel ME & Co. The free LinuxBoot is the answer to the UEFI glue of the commercial manufacturers, but is limited to the server area. Here is some information about LinuxBoot.

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Windows: CVE-2018-8423; CVE-2018-8453, CVE-2018-8495

[German]In October 2018, Microsoft patched some vulnerabilities in Windows with updates. The vulnerability CVE-2018-8495 is now being actively exploited. For the (probably incompletely patched) vulnerability CVE-2018-8495 a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) is now available. And the vulnerability CVE-2018-8423 was probably patched. Here is some information.

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