An issue in Dell Foundation Service allows user tracking

Another bad day for Dell Inc. Their Dell Foundation Services version 2.3.3800.0A00 and below comes with a serious security issue. Dell Foundation Services can be exploited by a malicious website to leak the Dell service tag of a Dell system, which can be used for tracking purposes, or for social engineering.

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Windows 7 MS Internet games fails with error 0x80041004

win7Currently Windows 7 users are failing to play one of the build-in Internet games like Internet Spades, Internet Backgammon, Internet Checker. The game simply returns an error 0x80041004. [Update: It seems, that Microsoft has fixed/reset the game server – MS Windows 7 Internet games are again functional.]

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Windows 10 Version 1511 Update KB3120677 (11/24/2015)

[German]This night Microsoft has released another cumulative November update KB3120677 for Windows 10 Version 1511. Here are a few information what's in.

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Windows 10 Version 1511 via Media Creation Tool “is back”

Last weekend Microsoft pulled the plug to download Windows 10 version 1511 via Media Creation Tool – I've blogged about that in Microsoft pulls Windows 10 V 1511 downloads. Now 'we are back' – Microsoft has "re-released" the whole thing.

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Dell’s Superfish 2: Devices shipped with cloneable Root certificate

Bad news for Dell customes – this vendor has shipped an unsecure, self signed root CA certifcate (eDellRoot) on new Dell desktop and tablet devices. The odd thing: This certificate may be used to sign own certificates and decrypt https-data.

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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 10: Store error “Something went wrong”

Some Windows 10 users are facing a strong problem: They are not able to buy apps, because Windows Store reports an error "Give it another try. Something went wrong" whenever a user try to install anything. Here's a possible cure for that error.

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Microsoft pulls Windows 10 V 1511 downloads

After release of Windows 10 November Update, Microsoft also offered (and recommended) downloading Windows 10 Version 1511 via Media Creation Tool. Since Saturday (11/21/2015) Microsoft has removed this build. But there is still a way to obtain an ISO build of Windows 10 version 1511.

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Windows 10 Version 1511: Cumulative Update KB3118754 Summary

[German]Microsoft has released yesterday another cumulative Update KB3118754 for Windows 10 Version 15 11. Here are a short summary, what I've found out so far.

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Firmware-Updates for Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book

This night, Microsoft has released new firmware updates for Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book to fix some issues related to this devices.

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KB3097877: Outlook crashes with error C0000374 (FIX) and other issues

AmazonMicrosoft has released KB3097877 on last November 2015 patch day. Some users are reporting crashes in Microsoft Outlook 2010/2013 with error code C0000374.

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