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.

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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.

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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.

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Windows 7: "Secure Boot Violation" after April Patch day

win7[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.

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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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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 ...


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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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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