Windows 10: Error 0x800704CF

Is Windows 10 dropping an upgrade error 0x800704CF (during upgrade, during App launch, during accessing a Microsoft account etc.)? This blog post presents a few hints to analyze this error.

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PSA: Apple releases iOS 9.3.5 with important security fix

Apple has released iOS 9.3.4 last night for supported iOS devices. Details about that updates may be found here. It's important to install this update, because iOS 9.3.5 fixes critical security issues (see this Lookout blog post and this Washington Post article). To update via OTA, goto Settings -> General -> Software Update and start the iOS update.

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update KB3176934 breaks PowerShell

[German]This week Microsoft released update KB3176934 to move Windows 10 Anniversary Update to Build 14393.82. Unfortunately this patch breaks the DSC function and remoting in PowerShell.

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Update KB3187022 fixes Windows 7/8.1 printing issue

Windows Update[German]Microsoft has released update KB3187022 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 on August 24., 2016, to fix the printing issue.

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WordFence uncovers WordPress botnet–operated from a German hacker?

Security specialists from WordFence has discovered a botnet running on WordPress installations. The developer tries to inject the code for the bots into WordPress sites. WordFence firewall has deteted this intrusion attempts. The botnet has been used for DDOS attacs and inserting SEO spam to websites. Analyzing the bots code revealed the idendity of the botnet operator – who is suspected to be German hacker. Details may be read within the WordFence blog post Hacking a WordPress Botnet

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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 ...


Updates KB3176934,KB3176935 and KB3176936 for Windows 10 Anniversary Update

[German]Microsoft has released cumulative Update KB3176934 for Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Also Updates KB3176935 and KB3176936 are available. Here are a few details.

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Windows 10 Version 1607 improves scaling on high-DPI displays

Microsoft has been struggling over years with rendering content on high-DPI displays. Even Microsoft's Surfaces showing this problem on high dpi scaling. Now Microsoft promises that some issues are fixed.

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Update KB3186987 for Windows 10 fixes printing issue

[German]Microsoft has released last Friday (August 19, 2016) another cumulative Update KB3186987, but only for Windows 10 (RTM) and Windows 10 Enterprise LTBS. It's the long awaited fix for printing issues.

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update breaks webcams and a fix

Here is the next issue with Windows 10 Anniversary Update. This new build breaks million USB webcams, because Microsoft has removed MJPG- and H.264 video compression standards.

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Lost partitions in Windows 10 Version 1607

[German]Some users are facing lost partitions after upgrading Windows 10 from version 1511 to version 1607 (Anniversary Update). Here are a few details.

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