November 2017: Patchday issues (WSUS, IE …)

Posted on 2017-12-07 by guenni

The updates released from Microsoft end of November 2017 brought some bad surprises for administrators. And users are facing also issues with those updates. Here are a few details.

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TeamViewer: Vulnerability allows permission changes

Posted on 2017-12-07 by guenni

[German]The TeamViewer software, commonly used to remotely control computers, has a security vulnerability. This allows attackers to hijack a session and attack the target computer. A patch is available.

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Windows 10 V1709: Issues with Update KB4051963

Posted on 2017-12-07 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released cumulative update KB4051963 for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (V1709) on November 30, 2017. Now it seems, that this update is causing issues for some users.

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Windows 10 V1709: KIS2018 causes classpnp.sys bluescreen

Posted on 2017-12-06 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (V1709) (and also Windows 7 SP1) are facing a sporadic blue screen in module classpnp.sys. The root cause is Kaspersky KIS 2018. Here a few details for affected users.

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Vendors ‘rootkit’: ‘Windows Platform Binary Table’ (WPBT)

Posted on 2017-12-06 by guenni

[German]Within this blog post I like to address a feature called 'Windows Platform Binary Table' (WPBT), that has been used aon OEM PCs to enable manufacturers to download and install their software, even if the user tries a clean install of Windows.

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

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Windows 7: Fix broken Update (Error 0x80248015) 12/4/17

Posted on 2017-12-05 by guenni

win7[German]Since December 4, 2017 the Update Search in Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2) has been broken. But Microsoft has provided already a fix. For those affected, I briefly document within this blog post what you should know and what you can do to fix the issue, if it's not repaired automatically – or if you lost some update options.

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Windows 10 Update causes error code 0x80190001

Posted on 2017-12-05 by guenni

[German]Does Windows 10 ends with an error code 0x80190001 when installing a feature update (upgrade) and aborts the install process? In this blog post I will develop some hints to decode and repair this error.

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Windows 7: Error 0x80248015 in Update Search (Dec. 4, 2017)

Posted on 2017-12-04 by guenni

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has successfully killed Windows Update search in Windows 7 SP1. Since December 4, 2017 Windows Update search stalls with 0x80248015. Here are a few details and some workarounds. Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer 11 crashes after installing updates?

Posted on 2017-12-04 by guenni

[German]In connection with the latest Windows updates there is (possibly) a problem with Internet Explorer 11 that can cause crashes. In my opinion, this problem occurs in all versions of Windows and it's available since September 2017 patchday.

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Surface Pro LTE: Firmware Update

Posted on 2017-12-03 by guenni

The Surface Pro LTE is just available since hours, now Microsoft has released a 0-Day Firmware update with drivers.

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