Windows 10 Oktober 2018 Update available (October 2, 2018)

[German]Microsoft has been rolling out the October 2018 update (version 1809) of Windows 10 worldwide since Tuesday, October 2, 2018. As expected, it was launched a few hours ago at the press event held in New York on October 2, 2018. The major rollout begins at patchday (October 9, 2018).

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Warning: Avoid NVTrimmer for Nvidia driver customization

[German]Within the last days I've seen several blog posts recommending the tool NVTrimmer. The tool is used for customizing Nvidia driver installation packages. If you intend to use this tool, read this blog post to become aware of the risks.

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Microsoft Office-Updates (10/02/2018)

[German]Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 2016 on October 2, 2018. All updates are for the installable MSI version of Office (the click-to-run packages obtain updates through other channels). These non-security updates are documented on this website (deleted) and within the linked KB articles.

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Security update for Foxit PDF Reader

PDF[German]In addition to a security update for Adobe's PDF tools (see Adobe Acrobat Security Update (October 2018)), Foxit also released a security update for it's PDF reader.

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Windows Server 2019 Evaluation and Security Baseline Draft

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2019 evaluation to the general public. There is also a draft Security Baseline for Windows 10 V1809 and Windows Server 2019.

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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 ...


October the 1st, a historic day

Somehow, looking at the calendar, I noticed that today is October 1st. A date with historical significance, not only that today the Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to two cancer researchers.

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YouTube Mini Player in Desktop Browser available

[German]Short information for users of the platform YouTube. YouTube started to release the mini-player to a broader user base, and it even works in Microsoft Edge. I have tested this feature briefly, here some information and impressions to the topic.

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Microsoft: Linux dominates Azure VMs, has Windows a future?

[German]At the Ignite 2018 conference last week in Orlando, Florida, USA, Microsoft management released interesting figures. For virtual machines running on Microsoft Azure, there is a massive migration to Linux: 50% runs on Linux – which raises the question of whether 'Windows is running out'?

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Ignite 2018: New features for OneDrive announced

Microsoft is working hard behind the scenes to give its OneDrive clients new features. During the Ignite conference in Orlando last week some new features became known, If you like to know, what's coming, Microsoft's Stephen Rose has published a blog post what's planned for OneDrive in near future.

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Windows 10 Enterprise V1809 evaluation versions

[German]Microsoft has released evaluation versions of Windows 10 Enterprise V1809 and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 last week, during Ignite 2018 conference.

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