Windows 10: Store login shows only a grey box

[German]Some Windows 10 users are facing issued, if they trying to sign in to the Windows store (and/or other app). Only a grey box pops up and disappears after few seconds. Here are a few hints to solve that issue.

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Windows 10: Customize Action Center

Windows 10 is shipped with an Action Center. The tiles shown within this Action Center allows quick access to several settings. Now this part of Action Center can be customized.

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Windows 7: Building images with SCCM

win7How can we can deploy Windows 7 in a business environment to several hundred machines in an optimal way? Microsoft has answered recently this question.

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Microsoft’s Fix for the ‘Microsoft – WPD – 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM – 5.2.5326.4762’ driver issue

[German]Microsoft has published a forum post in Microsoft Answers forum addressing the botched 'Microsoft – WPD – 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM – 5.2.5326.4762' driver update that affected users with connected phones or portable devices.

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Windows 10 Version 1703: Turn off Ads in Explorer

It seems that Microsoft has begun to show ads not only on lock screen, start menu, share menu and taskbar. Ads may also be shown in Windows Explorer panes. Here's how to turn off such advertising in explorer.

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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 update: Microsoft – WPD – 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM – 5.2.5326.4762

[German]Microsoft has released on March 8, 2017 another mysterious update 'Microsoft – WPD – 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM – 5.2.5326.4762' for  Windows 7, 8,1, 10. Some users are reporting issues with mobile devices after installing this update. Here are a few details.

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Windows 10: Update error 0x80010108

[German]Some Windows 10 users are facing update issues, where installing update packages are failing with error code 0x80010108. Here are a few details and hints, how to solve that issue.

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Windows Drivers, why they all dated June 21, 2006?

[German]Have you noticed, that all Microsoft build-in Windows drivers have the same date value June 21, 2006? Its independently of the Windows version – I have seen this driver date in Windows 7 and in Windows 10 as well.

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Google Home: How to fix common problems?

Google Home is a is a voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant and it's also a competitor to Amazon Echo. A simple voice request should trigger Google Home to play music, podcasts or radio from services like Google Play Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, Pandora and TuneIn. But what, if that doesn't works?

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DNSMessenger Trojan is using DNS queries for its orders

[German]Security researchers has discovered a new file less malware that comes as a PowerShell script and uses DNS queries to receive its orders.

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