Tag Archives: issue

#flickergate: Surface Pro 4 Screen issue still unfixed

Posted on 2017-12-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is currently focusing on Surface Book 2, Surface Laptop and Surface Pro LTE. Apparently, the owners of a Surface Pro 4 are left with issues. They complain about flickering screens and the term #flickergate has already been established.

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Windows 10 V1709: KIS2018 causes classpnp.sys bluescreen

Posted on 2017-12-06 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (V1709) (and also Windows 7 SP1) are facing a sporadic blue screen in module classpnp.sys. The root cause is Kaspersky KIS 2018. Here a few details for affected users.

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Windows 10 Update causes error code 0x80190001

Posted on 2017-12-05 by guenni

[German]Does Windows 10 ends with an error code 0x80190001 when installing a feature update (upgrade) and aborts the install process? In this blog post I will develop some hints to decode and repair this error.

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Windows 7: Error 0x80248015 in Update Search (Dec. 4, 2017)

Posted on 2017-12-04 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has successfully killed Windows Update search in Windows 7 SP1. Since December 4, 2017 Windows Update search stalls with 0x80248015. Here are a few details and some workarounds.

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Microsoft confirms Epson dot matrix printer issue after November 2017 patchday: here are fixes

Posted on 2017-11-17 by guenni

[German]Since Microsoft's November 14, 2017 update for Windows Epson dot matrix printers are no longer able to print. The print jobs end with "Win32 error code returned by the print processor: 2147500037". This affects all printer models under Windows 7 … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows 10 update KB4048955 kills HP's 3D Drive Guard

Posted on 2017-11-16 by guenni

PSA: Users of Windows 10 Version 1709 using HP laptops should avoid November 14, 2017 update KB4048955. After installing this update, HP's  3D Drive Guard software installed on many HP systems is no longer compatible (see my blog post Issues … Continue reading →

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Microsoft tries to fix the JET Database Engine bug

Posted on 2017-11-04 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released a fix for the Microsoft JET Database Engine bug on November 2, 2017. This update fixes the problem with the Access or Excel database connection, but not in all versions of Windows. Here are some details about the … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V1709: Fix for ‘sign-in twice’ bug

Posted on 2017-10-31 by guenni

[German]Some users of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) are reporting login issues. They have to log-in twice to access the user desktop. But there's a fix for that.

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Fix: Outlook mail issue in KB4011089, KB4011090, KB4011091

Posted on 2017-10-27 by guenni

[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook ran into a problem with archived emails after installing Microsoft's September 2017 security updates. The problem has now been fixed.

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Windows 10 V1709: Workaround for missing apps …

Posted on 2017-10-22 by guenni

[German]Users upgrading to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update may facing a problem: On some machines apps are missing in start menu. I'm affected on two of my test machines. Now it seems that Microsoft acknowledged this issue and provided some … Continue reading →

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