[German]Microsoft has stopped the release of all updates on February 2017 patchday (02/14/2017). There are now speculations, about the reason for that decision. Was a compromised Windows Update severs the reason for that?
Windows Insider Program is well known and open to all (private users as well as business IT professionals). But Microsoft has announced now Windows Insider Program for Business "WIP for Business" (WIP4Biz).
Today we won't receive Updates from Microsoft. The regular Tuesday updates from Microsoft are delayed. Acording to this Technet post, Microsoft found a last minute bug, that was a show stopper.
Firefox browser is still popular and well used on desktop systems (Windows, Mac OS, Linux). And the browser provides a lot settings to customize it's behavior. One aspect is the question "how to customize Firefox privacy settings"?
Some users are facing a strange problem during video playback in Windows Media Player 12, a vertical red line is showing on the screen. VLC users are seeing probably a green line. Here is why.
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[German]Mozilla Foundation started last November shipping Firefox Focus as a privacy browser for iOS devices. But behind the scenes, this iOS app comes with a third-party tracking framework, that sends user tracking data to a big data collecting company. And: User tracking is enabled by default – and this framework comes also with the Android app. Here are the details I know so far.
[German]Microsoft requires a product activation after installing. Users of Microsoft Office currently are facing trouble during telephone activation. After dealing with this issue, I came across another obscure behavior, Microsoft's 'Self Service for Mobile' solution to activate Microsoft Office via mobile devices. Continue reading
[German]Windows Update can seriously damage your Windows installation due to installing a wrong driver. Microsoft has now confirmed such a case with Intel SMBus Controller devices in Windows 7/8.x (and its corresponding server builds).
[German]Microsoft has re-released optional update KB2952664 for Windows 7 SP1 and optional update KB2976978 for Windows 8.1. Both are "snooping" updates for telemetry.
Users of Microsoft Office 2010, 2013, 2016 are facing trouble during telephone activation. An error message "Telephone activation is no longer supported for your product" will be showns. Here are a few details.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
