[German]Owners of Windows 10 run into the problem that the spotify app from Microsoft Store kills the system recovery of Windows 10. Here ate some information and details.
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Firmware update bricks Tolino eBook readers
[German]Users of Tolino eBook readers should currently not install firmware updates on the devices. Two firmware updates for Tolino e-reader bricks these devices so that they are pretty useless.
Unofficial Windows Vista updates (February 2018)
[German]Another contribution for users who still use Windows Vista and need updates. Support has expired, but you can still update the operating system with security updates. Here are the update infos for February 2018.
Windows Phone 8.1: App download store error 0x80070020
[German]It seems that users of a Windows Phone 8.1 device are facing again a Microsoft store issue. It's not possible to downloads apps, because this fails with error 0x80070020.
Teacher uses chalkboard to teach Word ICT in Ghana
[German]It's one of the stories that life writes like this, and last week on the internet went viral. A photo of a teacher who drew a blackboard with chalk on the screen of Word in his computer science class appeared on Facebook. He obviously taught his Word course with it, and the students don't have a PC either. Now Microsoft has promised to donate the man a PC. Here are a few details about that story.
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 ...
Microsoft Updates KB4091290/KB4090007/KB4052623 (March 1, 2018)
[German]As of March 1, 2018 Microsoft released several updates for Windows (KB4091290, KB4090007) and for Windows Defender. This includes the correction update for the accidental preview update KB4075211 (SCARD_E_NO_SERVICE-Bug) and the microcode update for Spectre 2.
Issues with Microsoft’s February 2018 updates
[German]In February 2018 Microsoft released a series of updates for Windows, Office,. NET Framework etc. Some users have encountered issues with these updates. Below I'll summarize the update issues.
Office 365 Client Update Channel Releases and more Updates
[German]Microsoft has released new updates for its Office 365 modules in the Channel Release on February 26, 2018. These fix various problems in the individual Office modules. In addition, update KB4018314 for Outlook 2010 was rolled out to solve a problem under Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
Firmware update for Surface Laptop
At the end of February, Microsoft released a firmware update for the Surface Laptop. This website tells us that the Firmware-Update SurfaceLaptop_Win10_15063_1802008_1. msi is a Surface System Aggregator Firmware (v135.2114.3.0) which is supposed to improve battery reliability.
VirtualBox 5.2.8 released
[German]Oracle released VirtualBox Version 5.2.8 on January 27, 2018. This is a maintenance update.