Windows 10 privacy: more transparency and control

Microsoft is collecting a lot of data on Windows 10 systems, so many users are complaining about privacy. Starting with Windows 10 Creators Update Microsoft has begun to reveal more details about which data are collected in Windows 10 and how to switch some privacy settings.

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Office Patchday (April 4, 2017)

[German]Microsoft is releasing non security updates for supported Office versions on first thuesday of a month. On April 4, 2017 Microsoft has released a couple of non security updates for Office 2013 and Office 2016. Here are a few details, what's released.

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Windows 10 V 1607: Fix for system restore error 0x80070091

[German]Windows 10 Anniversary Update contains a nasty bug – the system restore fails with error 0x80070091. Below I introduce a batch program to fix this issue.

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Xbox: Login error 0x80072EF3

Some users can't sign into Xbox and receiving a login error 0x80072EF3. This may mean there's a network connection issue or corrupted data on your console's hard drive, or you have an outstanding balance on a subscription. Microsoft's Xbox team has published this article providing assistance to overcome this situation.

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Windows update error 0x80073712

[German]Sometimes users are facing error code 0x80073712 during installing Updates in Windows. I've seen this error from time to time since Windows Vista. Here are a few details about that issue.

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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: Internal camera error 0xA00F4244(0xC00D36D5)

[German]Many Notebooks are shipped with an internal web cam. This cam should be detected from Windows 10 and may be used from apps. But in some cases, using the camera results in error 0xA00F4244(0xC00D36D5).

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Windows 10: Update error 0x8024a112

[German]Sometimes Windows 10 refuse a restart during installing an update or a feature upgrade. Instead an error 0x8024a112 will be shown within the settings app. Here are a few details how to solve this issue.

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Microsoft blocks Windows 7/8.1 updates for Kaby Lake and Ryzen

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has released last week some code for Windows 7 SP1 (and Windows 8.1) that blocks updates in Windows, if the operating system runs on Kaby Lake (Intel) or Ryzen (AMD) CPUs.

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Microsoft’s docs.com leaks sensitive files to everyone

Microsoft's docs.com service has been used by many users to store private documents. But privat documents are not private, because everybody can search and view such documents.

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Fix for Microsoft’s faulty ‘WPD – 2/22/2016’ MTP driver update

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has released another MTP driver update (KB4016754) for Windows that shall fix the bug introduced with 'Microsoft – WPD' driver update.

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