Microsoft has begun to offer a Windows 10 Preparation Tool to enable Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10 Technical Preview. This upgrade will be shipped in Janauary 2015 (probably). Here a few remarks about this Upgrade Preparation Tool. Continue reading
Microsoft provides an official download source for Microsoft Surface recovery images. So, if your Windows 8.1 recovery or restore function becomes corrupt, there is a way, to recover from this issue.
Google has released a factory image of Android 5.0.2 for Nexus 7 (2012) Wi-Fi-version. This update addresses some issues detected in Android 5.0.
[German]Some Nexus 4 users are facing some "freezing" problems, so alarms are not reliable. After stumbling upon this issue in Google+ I was investigating it a bit. Here is, what I found so far, searching the web.
Today I'm experiencing a new issue with Windows 8.1 (64-Bit). The old WinHelp32.exe fix doesn't work anymore. Windows8.1-KB917607-x64.msu isn't functional anymore with Windows 8.1 (patch level December 2014).
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I haven't noticed it, but last December patchday has also screwed up Internet Explorer. A few hours ago, Microsoft released another fix KB 3025390, to repair screwups in Internet Explorer 11.
[German edition]Microsoft has released Update KB3024777 for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, which fix an issue with KB 3004394. Here a few further details about this Update, that has been an object for further speculations within several sites.
Microsoft has released some Security Updates on December Patch day (2014/12/09), also some critical patches (see Security Bulletin MS14-082) for Microsoft Office. It seems that security update KB2553154 for Microsoft Office 2010 causes serious issues. Some users are reporting, that ActiveX controls and macros fails in Excel 2013. Here a few insights and [hopefully] a cure.
Currently, a couple of users are facing issues with Microsoft December 2014 patch day. Windows throw an error 800706F7 and refuse to update. The issue has been observed in Windows 7 clients and on Windows Server 2008 R2 as well (and probably on Exchange). A few hints, what to do.
[German]Microsoft has released yesterday several Windows updates. One of them, Update KB3004394 seems to damage the Root Certificate Store on some Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 machines.
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