How to install Windows 7 on Intel NUC with USB 3.0?

win7Recently I stumbled upon an interesting problem. The question was, how to manage a Windows 7 install on an Intel NUC system with USB 3.0. This is causing issues, because Windows 7 doesn't provides USB 3.0 support during setup.

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Android Security Update & Fix for Google Pixel Freeze Bug

[German]Google has released June 2017 Android Security Updates. And they are shipping also a fix for the freezes occurring randomly on Google Pixel smartphones.

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Surface Pro 3: Firmware Update June 2017

Microsoft has released on June 6, 2017 another firmware update for Microsoft Surface Pro 3. This updates UEFI and also the Embedded Controller Firmware.

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Windows 7/8.1: Update KB2952664 / KB2976978 June 2017

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has re-released optional Updates KB2952664 for Windows 7 SP1 and Update KB2976978 for Windows 8.1 on June 6, 2017. Both updates has been re-released cyclically by Microsoft, but there has been issues within the past, so these updates also has been pulled several time.

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Office Patchday June 6, 2017

Microsoft has released a couple of non-security updates for Microsoft Office Office 2013 and Office 2016 at June 6, 2017. Here are a few details, what's been patched.

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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: Issues with May 2017 update KB3150513

Microsoft has released update KB3150513 several times in May 2017 for Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607) . But it seems, that this update is causing issues on some user machines with Outlook and OneNote 2016, MalwareBytes 3.0, and TeamViewer.

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Exchange ActiveSync: no calendar attachments on mobiles

[German]Some users of mobile devices facing a problem. Attachments for calendar are not downloaded from Exchange ActiveSync client on mobile devices. But there is a solution from Microsoft.

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Google Chrome comes with an ad blocker in 2018

[German]Google finally has confirmed, that Chrome browser will be shipped in 2018 with an ad blocker preventing users from seeing annoying, intrusive ads.

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Chinese Malware FIREBALL infects 250 Million computers – even 20 % of enterprise networks contains this backdoor

[German]Check Point Threat Intelligence and research teams recently discovered a high volume Chinese threat operation, named Fireball, which has infected over 250 million computers worldwide.And it seems that 20% of enterprise networks contains this Fireball backdoor. Here is, what Check Point told me within a written briefing note.

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Open Live Writer Version 0.6.2

[German]Version 0.6.2 of Open Live Writer has been released yet. It's a maintenance release for the Windows based blogging tool. Here are a few details.

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