Tag Archives: App

iCloud client is available as an app in Microsoft-Store

Posted on 2019-06-13 by guenni

[German]A brief note for Windows 10 users with Apple iOS devices. Apple provides the iCloud client for Windows now as an app in Microsoft Store. Here are a few details about that. Advertising

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Microsoft Windows 10 apps opens banner ads with fraudulent web pages

Posted on 2019-06-03 by guenni

[German]Currently, there is an increase in the number of malicious banner ads that open fraudulent web pages in the standard browser when starting or using apps on Windows 10. Here are a few details what is know so far. Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Windows Live-Tile takeover from security researcher

Posted on 2019-04-17 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 Windows 10 (but also Windows 8.x) use Live tiles in Apps to display content in the Start menu. German security researcher Hanno Böck was able to takeover the subdomain for the corresponding service and was able to display … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: App History without Microsoft account?

Posted on 2018-11-04 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is probably able to track the Microsoft store app history, i.e. what you have loaded as an app in the store, even without a Microsoft account. This may be shown within the store's app history. Advertising

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Windows 10 V1809: App error ‘The configuration registry database is corrupt’ explained

Posted on 2018-10-23 by guenni

[German]Microsoft explained the error 'The configuration registry database is corrupt', which is triggered during launch of win32 store apps in Windows 10 V 1809. Advertising

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macOS apps are stealing user data

Posted on 2018-09-11 by guenni

[German]There is a nasty trend in Apple's macOS App Store: Security researchers have independently found different apps that are collecting sensitive user data and uploading it to servers controlled by the developer. Advertising

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Microsoft reprocessing store apps due to error 0x800B0100

Posted on 2018-09-10 by guenni

[German]Since the beginning of September 2018, users of store apps on Windows 10 have been running into the problem that the error 0x800B0100 is displayed during the app installation during the update. Microsoft has now admitted a problem and wants … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Mail app don’t support group mails

Posted on 2018-08-25 by guenni

The mail app of Windows 10 doesn't support to send group emails to contacts located within the people app. The creation of groups in the people app is not possible. Now a Microsoft employee is trying to push the topic. … Continue reading →

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Store Apps for Windows 8.x – important EOL dates

Posted on 2018-08-21 by guenni

[German]Just a brief information for users of Windows Phone 8.x and desktop systems with Windows 8.x. Microsoft has announced some important end of life (EOL) dates for app developers. Advertising

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Windows 8.1: Mail App requires suddently a Microsoft Account

Posted on 2018-07-19 by guenni

[German]It looks like the mail app included in Windows 8.1 suddenly rquires to log in to a Microsoft account to. Here are a few hints. Addendum: The user has solved the issue – explanation inside. Advertising

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