Windows 10 S ISO for MSDN subscribers

Microsoft has released the ISO files of Windows 10 S for MSDN subscribers at July 27, 2017. This enables developers an early access to this Windows 10 variant.

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Microsoft Outlook security update revisions (July 27, 2017)

Microsoft has undertaken CVE-2017-8571, CVE-2017-8572, and CVE-2017-8663 addressing vulnerabilities within Microsoft Outlook a major revision. The reason is to fix vulnerabilities (and known issues) in affected Office versions.

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Kaspersky Free Antivirus software announced

SicherheitKaspersky has announced it's free antivirus product, Kaspersky Free, for Windows systems. It's a basis protection for your Windows and will be rolled out in a 4 month interval.

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Windows 10: update error 0x80070020

[German]Windows users are facing several update errors. Update error 0x80070020 may occur in Windows 10 during update install and also during feature updates. Here are a few details how to fix this error.

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Microsoft’s July 2017 patches: issues collection

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has releases several updates in July 2017 for Windows and Office. Several of these updates are causing serious issues and/or confusion. Here is a collection of issues I found so far.

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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 Fall Creators Update (V1709): Things removed/deprecated

[German]Microsoft plans to release Windows 10 Fall Creators Update within the next two months. Now Microsoft told us, what's deprecated and what will be deleted in the upcoming Windows 10 build.

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July 2017 Updates KB4025336/KB4025331 breaks WSUS

[German]It seems that Updates KB4025336 for Windows Server 2012 R2 and KB4025331 for Windows Server 2012 are breaking WSUS and SCCM. Here are a few details.

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Fix for Nexus 6P und Nexus 5X boot loop

Users of a Google Nexus 6P or Nexus 5X smartphone are observing a nasty bug: The devices are forced suddenly in a boot loop and becomes non useable. There has been a class action suite filed against Google in the US. A developer has created an unofficial fix, stopping all  A57 performance cores and let only the power efficient A53 cores running. The fix has been releases at XDA developers forum here (Nexus 6P) and here (untested for Nexus 5X). (via)

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Unofficial Windows Vista Updates (July 11, 2017)

Windows Update[German]This blog post describes a list of (unofficial) security updates from July 11, 2017, useable for Windows Vista. But the update installation has to be done manually.

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Update to Java SE 8 Update 141

Oracle has released a new July 2017 security update for Java SE 8 which changes the version to 141. This update for Java SE 8 Update 141 fixes several vulnerabilities.

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