[German]Some Windows 10 users are facing an installation abort with error 0xC1900209 during Feature Upgrades (for instance upgrading from Windows 7/8.1 to Windows 10, or during upgrade to Anniversary Update and so on). Here are a few information how to solve an error 0xC1900209 issue.
Bad news for Yahoo users again. Last September the company informed about a data breach affecting 500 Million user accounts. Now the company reveals a new data breach where 'unauthorized third party' accessed data from more than 1B Yahoo user accounts.
[German]Microsoft addresses with update KB3206632 (12/13/2016) also the DHCP issue forcing many Windows 10 Version 1607 machines into a "no internet connection due to a missing IP address". I've had a machine facing this error, and I took the opportunity to document as much as possible. Here is my "compressed" English version.
Microsoft has revised several security bulletins from October and November 2016- Here are what's revised and why.
[German]Microsoft offers Webinars, online courses held via Internet – that's good. Unfortunately there is a security flaw in a German webinar registration form offered by Microsoft Germany, that reveals the name of Microsoft's customers. And there are "other" stupid things, I discovered, inspecting the form. The most nasty thing: One of my blog readers has reported that flaw to Microsoft some time ago – without a reaction. To I decided to write a blog post – perhaps it will trigger a reaction. Addendum: I received a feedback from Microsoft Germany – it's not a flaw, it's a feature by design. But the cases I've outlined below leads to a discussion at Microsoft Germany whether this feature should be removed for privacy protection.
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Some Windows users are facing error code 0x80070008 or 0x8007000E during Windows Update. Others are receiving those error codes during Windows Backup. Here are a few hints, what causes those error codes.
[German]Microsoft is changing its Supersedence Behaviour for Security-only and Security Monthly Quality Rollup Updates for Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2.
[German]Windows is using user account control since Windows Vista to grant administrative privileges. But some users are facing a strange behavior: The user account control dialog box is invoked during an administrative task. But he Yes button to confirm UAC is disabled (grayed out). Here a few hints to solve that issue.
Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 received another December 2016 firmware update- The last update was released in August 2016. The new firmware updates the 'Realtek Semiconductor Corp. driver for Realtek High Definition Audio (SST)' to v6.0.1.7895. According to this US-Update-History site, Realtek High Definition Audio (SST) v6.0.1.7895 improves system stability and Cortana performance. The update is distributed via Windows Update, Download here. (via)
[German]Some Windows users are facing a strange error: Suddenly the user account control (UAC) fails and the administrator account doesn't work anymore. In some cases, the error message "file system error (-1073741819)" or the error 'extended attributes are inconsistent' will be shown.
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