[German]Users who are updating Windows 10, or upgrading to the April Update (V1803) may run into a problem. A system warning from sihost.exe is displayed at startup and there are malfunctions.
[German]A brief note for admins. Microsoft has released on August 22, 2018 a critical security update KB4458842 for SQL Server 2016 SP1. Here are a few details about that update.
[German]Here is another hint to vulnerabilities buried in software packages from Microsoft. The Visual C++ runtime packages (VC redistributable) provided by Microsoft are assembled to installer packages with outdated (vulnerable) WiX Toolkit versions.
[German]Owners of a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 received a firmware update on July 26, 2018. If possible, don't install this firmware update, due to (minor) issues with this.
[German]Microsoft has released Intel microcode updates (KB4346084, KB4346085, KB4346086, KB4346087, KB4346088) for Windows 10 on August 20/21, 2018 (thanks to GeroH for the tip). Here is a brief overview.
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[German]A brief Information for users of Windows 10 version 1803, who are surprised about error entries with EventID 33, caused by the spell checker. This seems to be a bug that Microsoft has not yet corrected (August 2018).
If someone still uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3, they should install a security update. Microsoft has just issued an update notification.
[German]Just a brief information for users of Windows Phone 8.x and desktop systems with Windows 8.x. Microsoft has announced some important end of life (EOL) dates for app developers.
[German]Microsoft had to pull update KB4293807 for SQL Server 2016 SP2 (dated August 14, 2018) due to install issues (details, see SQL Server 2016 SP2: Update KB4293807 pulled). On August 19, 2018 Microsoft released update revision KB445862 for SQL Server 2016 SP2 to close an existing remote code execution vulnerability.
[German]A brief information for administrators in corporate environments who prepare Windows 10 V1803 installation images for enrollment in the company with Sysprep. In Windows 10 V1803 there is an issue that Sysprep does not run with the automatic response file within the created user account. A workaround is available. Addendum: And it's not a bug, CopyProfile is deprecreated.
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