Microsoft Security Advisory (December 12, 2017)

Posted on 2017-12-14 by guenni

[German]As part of the December patchday (12/12/2017), Microsoft has also issued a Microsoft Security Advisory Notification. It addresses the security settings for Active Directory Domain Services. And it's discusses the DDE vulnerability when opening Office documents.

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Internet Explorer 11: Enable ActiveX controls

Posted on 2017-12-14 by guenni

[German]This blog post shows, how to define compatibility lists for ActiveX components in Internet Explorer 11. This is mandatory to allow ActiveX component execution within the browser. This topic has been raised a few days ago during fixing the broken Windows 7 Update process.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates December 12, 2017

Posted on 2017-12-13 by guenni

[German]On December 12, 2017 Microsoft released a couple of cumulative updates for all supported Windows 10 builds. Here is an overview what's patched.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1 (December 12, 2017)

Posted on 2017-12-13 by guenni

Windows Update[German]On December 12, 2017, Microsoft released a couple of updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and the corresponding Windows Server versions. Here is an overview what's patched.

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Windows 10: Multi monitor bug in December 2017 update?

Posted on 2017-12-12 by guenni

[German]Today a short blog post, addressing Windows 10 users with a multi-monitor configuration. I recently run over some posts, that reporting, the last December 2017 update will cause problems with multi-monitor environments.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows 10: Disable fast startup

Posted on 2017-12-11 by guenni

[German]This blog post describes (as a basic article) the steps to disable the so-called fast boot in Windows 10. This feature causes various issues with the operating system. So disabling fast boot is a test, if an issue is related with this feature.

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Windows 10 Setup: Stuck in Cortana hell

Posted on 2017-12-10 by guenni

[German]Today a some funny blog post that points out the sufferings of an administrator who was ordered to set up a new Windows 10 system. Okay, it wasn't one, it was 40 systems. Unexpectedly, he was trapped in a Cortana Hell.

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#flickergate: Surface Pro 4 Screen issue still unfixed

Posted on 2017-12-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is currently focusing on Surface Book 2, Surface Laptop and Surface Pro LTE. Apparently, the owners of a Surface Pro 4 are left with issues. They complain about flickering screens and the term #flickergate has already been established.

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Windows 10: Update error 0x80096004

Posted on 2017-12-09 by guenni

[German]Occasionally, the installation of updates under Windows terminates with error code 0x80096004. Most recently, it seems to have hit users of Windows 10 Insider Previews. Here is some information about the update error.

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Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Malware Protection Engine (CVE-2017-11937 and CVE-2017-11940)

Posted on 2017-12-07 by guenni

Windows Update[German]Microsoft's Malware Protection Engine has a critical memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote code execution. Microsoft released a security advisory on December 6, 2017 and says corresponding security updates are available. Here are what I found out till now. [Update: There was a 2nd critical vulnerability CVE-2017-11940 in Microsoft's Malware Protection Engine.]

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