Windows 10 Setup: Stuck in Cortana hell

[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

[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

[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)

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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November 2017: Patchday issues (WSUS, IE …)

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

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TeamViewer: Vulnerability allows permission changes

[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

[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

[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)

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

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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