Windows 10: Cumulative Update KB3170410 (June 17, 2016)

Friday (June 17, 2016) Microsoft has released another cumulative update KB3170410 for Windows 10 Version 1511. This update Das replaces update KB3163018 (released June 14, 2016) and changes build version to 10586.446.

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Update KB3159398 breaks Group Policy in Windows

Windows Update[German]Microsoft's update KB3159398, released on patch day June 14, 2016, is causing serious problems in Windows Group Policy. Remark: Microsoft has updated the KB-Article with a decription of the workaround posted below. And there is a power shell script to fix this issue.

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Microsoft Patch day June 14, 2016

Windows UpdateOn June 14, 2016, Microsoft has released four critical and additional important security updates for Windows, Edge, Internet Explorer and Office. And there is an optional update to improve compatibility.

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EaseUS Partition Master Professional 11.0 Giveaway

AmazonJust a short tip: EaseUS has offered a Giveaway for EaseUS Partition Master Professional 11.0 here. Currently this Giveaway has been expired – but …

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Windows 10 Store stalls with error 0x80131500

Currently it seems that Windows Store has world wide a malfunction. If a user tries to access the store in Windows 10, it's simply not possible.

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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 ...


Office patch day (June 7, 2016)

Windows UpdateMicrosoft 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.

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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.

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Windows 7 SP1: May 2016 Update search slow, taking forever

win7[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".

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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.

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May 2016 Compatibility Update for Windows 7/8.1 (KB3150513)

Windows UpdateMicrosoft 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) …

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