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Microsoft Office Updates with fix for Excel bug (September 6, 2022)
[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
Windows 10: Creating a Password Reset Disk won't show the wizzard
[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
VMware Workstation: UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR error with Windows 11 Insider and Server 2022
[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
CVE-2022-38392: Janet Jackson song and crashing Windows XP notebooks
[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
Update KB5012170 for Secure Boot DBX causes Bitlocker issues
[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
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Microsoft 365 outage due to Cisco Meraki firewall (August 10, 2022)
On August 10, 2022, Microsoft 365 services experienced an outage that specifically affected North America but also EMEA. Users had problems with Office 365, Outlook and other services. It was probably due to a false alarm within the Cisco Meraki firewall … Continue reading
Windows 10: Update KB5014666 causes issues with Input Indicator and Language Bar
[German]With the preview update released at the end of June 2022 for Windows 10 20H2 to 21H2, there is an issue that the input indicator and language bar may no longer be displayed in the status area of the taskbar. … Continue reading
VMware: Security Adversory, Windows 11 TPM Issue
[German]Brief note for VMware users and administrators. The vendor has published a security advisory for various products (VMware Workspace ONE Access, etc.) as of August 2, 2022, because there are numerous vulnerabilities there. In addition, I still came across an … Continue reading
Cisco Webex has been down (July 28, 2022)
[German]German blog reader Gerald just emailed me to let me know (thanks for that) that the Cisco Webex video conferencing service was down. I had a quick look, the disruption started at about 19:00 German time and lasted at about … Continue reading
Windows 11: Microsoft confirms Start menu issue and fixes it via KIR (July 2022)
[German]In Windows 11, some users experienced problems with the Start menu, where the Start button stopped responding. The problem is related to the update KB5014668 from June 23, 2022, but can also occur through subsequent updates. In the meantime, Microsoft … Continue reading