Tag Archives: issue

Barracuda Networks: Spam filter/virus scan blocks mails globally (September 29, 2022)

Posted on 2022-09-29 by guenni

[German]Brief notification for administrators who use a mail protection / security solution from Barracuda Networks in an enterprise environment. Since tonight (September 29, 2022) there seems to be a problem that emails get stuck in their spam filters (Email Security … Continue reading →

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Windows GPO bug (copy/move) caused by Sept. 2022 update confirmed by Microsoft

Posted on 2022-09-23 by guenni

[German]Since Microsoft released its cumulative (security) updates for Windows on September 13, 2022, copying or moving files via Group Policy (GPO) no longer works. I had addressed this here on the blog. Now a blog reader has provided me with … Continue reading →

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

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iPhone 14 Pro Max: Camera shakes/rattles on TikTok, Snapchat apps etc.

Posted on 2022-09-20 by guenni

[German]A nasty surprise for proud owners of an iPhone 14 Pro Max. The expensive sweetheart flops as soon as videos are recorded in apps for TikTok, Snapchat, etc. There are a number of user complaints about shaking and rattling videos … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Update KB5017308 causes issues when creating/copying files via GPO

Posted on 2022-09-15 by guenni

[German]Sort September 2022 patchday recap. It looks like the cumulative (security) update KB5017308 released on September 13, 2022 for Windows 10 comes with collateral damage. I have received several reports from readers that following the update installation, creating or copying … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: Login error for new users fixed (Sept. 2022)

Posted on 2022-09-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has once again fixed a bug in Windows 11 (21H2) that was caused by an update. The bug prevented a user login for a newly created user account. The cause of this problem is the preview update KB5016691 from … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office Updates with fix for Excel bug (September 6, 2022)

Posted on 2022-09-07 by guenni

[German]As of September 6, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. This month, there are updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016, fixing an Excel issue that … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Creating a Password Reset Disk won't show the wizzard

Posted on 2022-09-03 by guenni

[German]Strange bug in Windows 10 in the feature "Create password reset disk". A reader pointed out to me that nothing the wizard isn't displayed when he called that feature. I tried to reproduce the problem on my Windows 10 test … Continue reading →

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VMware Workstation: UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR error with Windows 11 Insider and Server 2022

Posted on 2022-08-28 by guenni

[German]Users who want to install an Insider Preview of Windows 11 or a Windows Server 2022 under VMware Workstation and run it virtualized are currently running into a problem. The installation of the guest operating system aborts with a green … Continue reading →

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CVE-2022-38392: Janet Jackson song and crashing Windows XP notebooks

Posted on 2022-08-20 by guenni

[German]It's a bizarre story that Microsoft developer Raymond Chen recently made public: Notebooks with Windows XP crashed when the pop song Rhythm Nation  by Janet Jackson from 1989 was played. The background was that the hard disks used resonated and … Continue reading →

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Update KB5012170 for Secure Boot DBX causes Bitlocker issues

Posted on 2022-08-17 by guenni

[English]I'll pull out one issue separately, which I had already covered in the blog with a note. The update KB5012170 released by Microsoft on August 9, 2022 causes problems on some systems. Security update for the Secure Boot Module, which … Continue reading →

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