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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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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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 ...


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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Optional Windows update KB3107998 removes Lenovo USB Blocker tool

AmazonMicrosoft has released yesterday also an optional update KB3107998 for Lenovo devices. Update KB3107998 removes Lenovo USB Blocker Version 1.0.0.37, due to system crashes.

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Windows 10 Fall-Update: Streaming with DLNA & Miracast

Microsoft has announced, that Windows 10 Fall Update supports media streaming to DLNA and Miracast receivers from Microsoft Edge browser. Also media streaming via operating system is supported. Here's a look, how these features are behaving.

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Update KB3102812 for Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2

AmazonMicrosoft has issued also an optional (revised) update KB3102812 for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2015 R2 on 11/4/2015. It fixes some Windows Update problems.

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Update KB3102810 for Windows 7 SP1 / Server 2008 R2

AmazonMicrosoft has issued an optional (revised) update KB3102810 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on 11/4/2015. It fixes some Windows Update problems.

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