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Microsoft’s Fix for the ‘Microsoft – WPD – 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM – 5.2.5326.4762’ driver issue

[German]Microsoft has published a forum post in Microsoft Answers forum addressing the botched 'Microsoft – WPD – 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM – 5.2.5326.4762' driver update that affected users with connected phones or portable devices.

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Windows 10 Update KB3213986 kills system restore

Microsoft's cumulative January 2017 update KB3213986 seems to cause a serious issue in Windows 10 Anniversary Update. After installing this update, system restore fails with error 0x80070091.

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Windows System Restore fails with error 0xC000000D

[German]Recently I stumbled upon an Microsoft Answers forum post, where a user was reporting a system restore error 0xC000000D in Windows. Here are a few details and background insights.

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Video playback shows a vertical red/green line

Some users are facing a strange problem during video playback in Windows Media Player 12, a vertical red line is showing on the screen. VLC users are seeing probably a green line. Here is why.

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Office Telephone activation is no longer supported error

Users of Microsoft Office 2010, 2013, 2016 are facing trouble during telephone activation. An error message "Telephone activation is no longer supported for your product" will be showns. Here are a few details.

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

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Windows Phone 8.1 login issue fixed

It seems that Microsoft has fixed an issue, that prevents users with Windows Phone 8.1 to login into their Microsoft Account after they resetting the device from Windows 10 Mobile.

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Surface Ethernet-Driver crashes virtualization

It seems that the newest Ethernet drivers are causing problems with Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, if virtualization is used. Here are the details.

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Word/Office can’t launch PDF converter

[German]Recently I came across a post from a MVP colleague, mention a curious error in Word 2013. On a customers system it wasn't possible, to use the PDF converter from Word.

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Windows 10: Apps could not be downloaded from store (Xbox One settings blocks)

Some Windows 10 users are facing suddenly the issue, that apps could not be downloaded from Windows Store anymore. This blog post analyses what's the reason and how Xbox One account settings are affecting your Windows Store downloads.

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How to fix Windows-Setup Hard Disk locked error

[German]Some users are facing a bad surprise during re-installing Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 on a machine. Setup fails and reports a "locked hard disk". Here are a few hints, how to solve this issue.

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