Tag Archives: Driver

Realtek HDA Driver v6.0.8978.1 from Lenovo

Posted on 2020-09-08 by guenni

[German] Chinese manufacturer Lenovo released version v6.0.8978.1 of the Realtek HDA driver in a 64-bit version for Windows 10 on September 4, 2020 (thanks to EP for the comment). This driver should be installable on other machines as well. Advertising

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nVidia patches vulnerabilities in Linux/Windows drivers

Posted on 2020-06-27 by guenni

[German] nVidia has just updated its Linux/Windows drivers. The reason was, that there were twelfe serious vulnerabilities in old version of nVidia kernel mode drivers. Advertising

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Microsoft’s new Windows driver evaluation policy

Posted on 2020-05-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced a new Windows driver evaluation policy for manufacturers who deliver Windows drivers for their hardware via Windows Update. Advertising

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Windows: Important driver update for Nvidia and Realtek

Posted on 2020-04-02 by guenni

[German]Nvidia has released the GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 445.78 for Windows to solve a problem. And Realtek has released Windows HDA drivers for several Lenovo ThinkCentre machines. Advertising

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Intel Patchday March 2020

Posted on 2020-03-12 by guenni

[German] Intel has issued a security advisory on March 10, 2020, in which vulnerabilities in various products and available updates are pointed out. A critical vulnerability is found in a graphics driver. Advertising

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Windows 10: News about driver updates from March 2020

Posted on 2020-03-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced new details about the changed automatic device driver rollout via Windows Update. Frequently used devices should get these drivers first. Advertising

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Fix: Windows 10 driver blocked by core isolation

Posted on 2020-03-07 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has published a support article on how to fix an issue, that drivers are blocked from getting loaded by the security feature 'core isolation' introduced in Windows 10. Advertising

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NVIDIA fixes critical vulnerability in Windows GPU driver (2/28/2020)

Posted on 2020-02-29 by guenni

[German]Nvidia has just fixed a critical vulnerability in its Windows GPU graphics driver with an update. The vulnerabilities could lead to privilege escalation and code execution or information theft. Advertising

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Windows 10: Changes in driver updates

Posted on 2020-02-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just revised its driver update process. Hardware partners can now distribute drivers to Windows machines via Windows Update. In addition, a new settings page for Windows 10 will be added, where optional driver updates can be selected by … Continue reading →

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WinBtrfs Version 1.6 released

Posted on 2020-02-10 by guenni

[German]Brief information for users, who want to access Linux Btrfs disks under Windows. Blog reader Gero S. pointed out to me (thanks for that) that version 1.6 was released on February 4, 2020. I had introduced version 1.5 in the … Continue reading →

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