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Office patch day (June 7, 2016)
Microsoft ships Office patches on a months first Tuesday. On June 7, 2016, Microsoft has released a couple of updates for Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016.
Insides about the “can’t avoid Windows 10 upgrade offer”
Recently some reports claimed that Microsoft went to far in it's push to update existing Windows 7 and 8.1 users to Windows 10. The reports suggests, that Microsoft has taken another step toward making the process of opting out from Windows 10 upgrade nearly impossible. Here are a few details and some thoughts.
Windows 7 SP1: May 2016 Update search slow, taking forever
[German]Last night, I was hit during Microsoft May patch day (05/190/2016) with an extraordinary long update search under Windows 7 SP 1. It seems that Microsoft has changed something in Windows update client and that security update KB3153199 should fix again a "slow Windows 7 SP1 update search".
Lenovo Solution Center vulnerable again
Lenovo's System Update Software (Lenovo Solution Center) is a night mare from security view. Within the last months we've seen several vulnerabilities. Now a new critical security flaw has been discovered in Lenovo Solution Center.
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 ...
May 2016 Compatibility Update for Windows 7/8.1 (KB3150513)
Microsoft released at May 4, 2016 a new (optional) Compatibility Update for Windows (KB3150513). A well know update, bit with a few "new" surprises (in my view) …
Office patch day (May 3, 2016)
Microsoft has released several updates for Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 on May 3, 2016. It seems that Microsoft has decided a decoupling of Office updates from regulary patch day (2nd Tuesday in a month). Here are a short overview.
Windows 10: Update error 0x800705B4
[German edition]Some users are facing error 0x800705B4 during update install in Windows 10. There isn't a single reason for this error – so I like to dive into the details.
Urgent: Remove Apple`s QuickTime Player from Windows
In short: This is an urgent call to action – please uninstall QuickTime for Windows as soon as possible, because there are two serious reasons: First, Apple is deprecating QuickTime for Microsoft Windows – no further security updates are provided. And second, there a two zero day vulnerabilities in QuickTime for Microsoft Windows publicly disclosed.
Windows 7: "Secure Boot Violation" after April Patch day
[German edition]It seems that Microsoft Windows 7 updates (patch day 04/12/2016) are causing serious issues with Windows 7 installs on some UEFI-Mainboards. Windows 7 boot fails with a "Secure Boot Violation" message.