Fix for Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant error api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll

[German]Microsoft offers the Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant, which allows you to upgrade a system running Windows 7/8.1 to Windows 10. Now a new bug let the upgrade wizard fail due to a api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1. dll. Here is a fix.

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Windows 10: Update errors 0x8024xxxx detailed

[German]Windows 10 throw sometimes error codes of the type 0x8024xxxxxx when installing updates. Within this blog post I have summarized several of these error codes with the plain text error messages..

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Windows 10: iCloud install Media Feature Pack is missing

[German]Some users of Windows 10 get a strange error message when trying to install Apple's iCloud client. Windows says that that Media Feature Pack is missing. Here is some information about this issue.

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YouTube pages returns Error 400 in Google Chrome

[German]Recently I stumbled upon a strange error. My Google Chrome browser suddenly refuse to play YouTube videos. I got an error code 400. Here are a few hints how to solve this issue.

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Windows 10: Radeon Graphics Driver Update KB4057291

[German]Owners of older Radeon graphics cards (HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000) are struggling with display issues since November 2017. Microsoft now released update KB4057291 on December 18, 2017, to fix the multi-monitor display issues in Windows 10 Creators Update (V1703) and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (V1709).

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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 ...


Windows 10 V1709: Issues with Update KB4054517

[German]User of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) may be experiencing installation problems with update KB4054517. Here is some information.

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Windows 10: Issues with Huawei E3372xx surf sticks

[German]Since upgrading to Windows 10 Case Creators Update, users facing an issue. LTE surf sticks like the Huawei E3372 or the Huawei E3372h-153, the Huawei E5573 etc. don't work anymore.

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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – III

[German]In parts 1 and 2 of the article series, I picked up a hint from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). In part 3 I sketch another solution and publish a Q & A list of Karl on the topic.

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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – II

[German]In part 1 of the article series I had published a note from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). Part 2 deals with the e-mail correspondence between Karl and Microsoft.

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Security Update to Google Chrome 63.0.3239.108

Google's Chrome developers has released a security update for this browser that changes the version to 63.0.3239.108. Here are a few details about this update.

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