Windows 10: "Show more tiles" locked

Some Windows 10 (version 1511) users are facing trouble to change start settings. The option "Show more tiles" is grayed out and a message informs "Some settings are managed by your Organization". Here a few insights to solve the problem.

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How to repair Windows Performance Monitor

Windows provides a Performance Monitor to analyze some system parameters like CPU load, Memory usage or other parameters. But what's, if Performance Monitor is broken? This blog post discusses, how to repair perfmon.

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Optional updates for Windows 7/8.1 (3/31/2016)

Windows UpdateMicrosoft has released 3 optional updates for Windows 7 RTM, Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1. All updates are available via Windows Update or via WSUS. If you don't intend to upgrade to Windows 10, you can hide this updates.

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Windows 10 V 1511: Servicing Stack Update KB3140741

[German]Microsoft has released this night update KB3140741 (Servicing stack update for Windows 10 Version 1511: March 22, 2016). It's an extraordinary, but minor update, with not too much information. But I've compiled a few additional hints, what this update ist good form. 

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Revisions for Office for Mac(16.3.2016)

Windows UpdateMicrosoft has re-released two Security Bulletins fpr Office for Mac – one is a critical security update MS16-029. The other is MS16-MAR. Here are some details.

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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 Updates 03/15/2016

Windows UpdateMicrosoft has released several security and non-security updates for Windows and .NET Framework at March 15, 2016. Here a list with a few information about these updates.

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Microsoft Access 2010 Update KB3085515 has been pulled

[German]Update KB3085515 for Microsoft Access 2010, issued at 3/8/2016, has been pulled by Microsoft. This update killed Microsoft Access 2010 and it's ability to access some  DLL-References.

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IE Security-Update KB3139929 adds Win10 Nag-Screen

Sometimes things get worse and sometimes nasty. Microsoft tries to push Windows 10 upgrade on different ways. But now it seems that they crossed some red lines with their latest update action.

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Drown: homeserver.com sub-domains are vulnerable

Today a warning, dedicated to Windows HomeServer users. It seems, that many subdomains hosted under Microsoft's homeserver.com domain are vulnerable via Drown attacks.

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Scanning in Word 2013/2016 – Part II

[German]I've discussed in Part I how to add a macro with some VBA code to add a scan function to Microsoft Word 2016 (and Word 2013). Now we have to test this new feature – and also add a scan button to a menu bar tab.

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