Microsoft fixes crashing Microsoft 365 (Office) apps (16. Jan. 2025)

[German]Microsoft has released a new build of Microsoft 365 that should fix the crashes of Microsoft Outlook and other Office 365 applications on Windows Server 2016 that I reported in January 2025.

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Microsoft's Marketing tales: Windows 11 is free for a short time; support for Microsoft 365 app ends in October 2025 for Windows 10

Stop - Pixabay[German]Microsoft reached last week into its marketing bag of tricks again and put some questionable things on the table to promote Windows 11. It says that "Windows 11 is free for a short time". And another joke is unpacked: Microsoft writes that support for the Microsoft 365 apps under Windows 10 will end when it ceases to receive regular updates on October 14, 2025.

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Noyb complains about data transfer to TikTok, AliExpress & Co

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The data protection activists from Austrian noyb have filed complaints in European countries against the Chinese companies TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi. The issue is the unlawful transfer of user data to China, which the companies openly admit.

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Microsoft has started to force the upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 since January 16, 2025

Windows[German]On January 16, 2025, Microsoft decided to open the floodgates for the feature upgrade of Windows 11 machines to version 24H2. This means that more users will suddenly be offered the feature update and their system will be upgraded to the new version. This may not be to the benefit of users in all cases, as 24H2 still has a number of bugs.

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Microsoft 365 Personal and Family shipped with Copilot, but hefty price hike

[German]Private users of Microsoft's subscription products can look forward to a hefty price increase for the Microsoft 365 Personal and Family products. This "no-alternative" software is now being enhanced by Microsoft with Copilot, and that costs money. The subscriptions for private users will become significantly more expensive (thanks to the reader for pointing this out).

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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 11 and trouble with HP consumer notebook

Windows[German]German blog reader Martin contacted me by e-mail this week because a new HP consumer notebook (HP 15s-fq0318ng) came across his desk. Windows 11 24H2 was pre-installed on this system. The experienced supporter can guess what's coming: Martin tried to set up the device for the user and ran into all sorts of "messes", which I outline below.

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Windows 11: Virtualbox collides with Hyper-V?

Virtualbox[German]An unpleasant observation that is being discussed in the Virtualbox community. Virtualbox only works under Windows 11 if Hyper-V has been removed as a platform (and other virtualization functions). Apparently the hypervisors (still) collide. But removing Hyper-V and the other virtualization functions under Windows 11 is not at all trivial and has side effects.

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Linux Mint 22.1 released

The maintainers of Linux Mint have released version 22.1 (Xia). Linux Mint 22.1 is a version with long-term support until 2029 and brings updated software packages, some refinements and many new features. The release notes with known issues can be found here, the installation instructions can be found here and the ISO files can be downloaded here.

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Attention: Problems with Windows January 2025 updates and Citrix environments (session recordings)

Windows[German]Take care when installing the Windows updates from January 2025 in Citrix environments. Administrators must ensure that the Session Recordings (SR), if installed, are switched off before the update installation. There is a support article from Citrix with some advices on this problem. There are workarounds to install the January 2025 updates. Continue reading

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Review: Windows Patchday issues January 2025

Windows[German]After Microsoft released security updates for Windows on January 14, 2025, there is some feedback on problems. Some systems fail with an installation error, on other systems the update is not offered due to missing SSUs. And there are some problems after installation. Here is a brief summary of what I have encountered.

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