[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.
[German]A brief information for administrators: Microsoft released the security update KB4293807 for SQL Server 2016 SP2 on August 14, 2018. But this update has already been pulled. Addendum: Update revision KB4458621 has been released on August 19, 2018.
[German]In Part 1 and Part 2 of my article series I described the vulnerabilities in Microsoft's OneDrive client (addressing the location of program files in the unprotected profile folder and the use of outdated open source libraries with known vulnerabilities). In part 3 I try to give an explanation for that behavior and there is a statement from Microsoft.
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[German]This article is about the OneDrive client that Microsoft delivers with Windows 10. The way, how Microsoft's developers has implemented this client, leaves several vulnerabilities. Here are a few details about an investigation.
[German]Short question to owners of an AMD system with Windows 10. Have you been offered obscure Intel driver updates for AMD systems in the last few days?
[German]Users of Windows 10 systems may run into a stupid problem. Windows 10 often requires to have to fix the Microsoft account. Here are a few hints.
[German]After the Microsoft patchday disaster of July 2018, August updates seems to be mostly flawless. But there are some minor issues with Windows 10 V1803 (independent from August patchday). Here is an overview about some (minor) issues in Windows 10 V1803 (and minor patchday issues in V1709/V1803).
Within my blog post Windows 10 V1803 rollout stopped due to TLS 1.2 issues I reported a specific issue with Windows 10 V1803 and applications that require TLS 1.2 (mostly on Intuit books). Microsoft has even suspended the rollout of this version of Windows 10 because of the error on these machines. Apparently KB4458166 update is now available to fix this problem. I have added details within the linked article.
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