Windows (10) Update Survey and an open letter to Microsoft

[German]How satisfied are home users and IT Professionals with Windows and Microsoft's update policy? This question can be answered by surveys. Susan Bradley, a Windows veteran, has created two surveys. Here are the results of those surveys – and which are the reason for an open letter to Microsoft's top management.

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NET-Framework Updates July 30, 2018 with Fixes

Windows Update[German]Microsoft released updates for various Windows and .NET framework versions on July 30, 2018. This is updates are intended fix a couple of collateral damage caused by the previous .NET framework updates.

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Wrong language in Windows Defender Application Guard

[German]Within the blog post I like to document another strange observation made by an administrator on a German Windows 10 Enterprise. The Windows Defender Application Guard displays a user interface in either Czech or Polish.

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Classic Start has been renamed to NeoClassic-UI/Menu

Just a brief information for those interested in the Classic Shell start menu replacement. The tool that provides a Windows start menu has been renamed again. Here are some details.

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Windows Server 2019 comes with full LEDBAT support

[German]Microsoft has announced the general availability of LEDBAT for the upcoming Windows Server 2019 version. But LEDBAT can already be used in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 optional in an experimental mode.

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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 ...


Looking back at Microsoft’s July 2018-Patches

[German]July 2018 represents another low with regard to issues caused from Microsoft's updates. Since the month is almost over, here is a look at security advisories and problematic updates, as well as some basic thoughts..

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What is a race condition?

[German]Today a blog post about a general topic. The question is: what is a race condition? Some blog readers may have noticed this term while reading update issues.

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Surface-Firmware Updates July 2018

[German]Microsoft has released a series of firmware updates for the Surface Laptop, Surface Pro 4 and Surface Pro this week. Here is a short overview.

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Windows 10 V1803 fixes old (black screen) display bugs

Another positive news: Microsoft has probably fixed some older display errors like the BlackScreen bug or the missing brightness control in Windows 10 April Update (V1803).

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Microsoft Security Update Releases (CVE-2018-8202)

A short information about the weekend: Microsoft has corrected the security descriptor for the CVE-2018-8202 vulnerability. Here is the information.

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