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December 2021 security update KB5008212 kills Outlook Search

[German]The security update KB5008212 distributed on December 14, 2021 for Windows 10 version 2004 to 21H2 has an unpleasant collateral damage. Anyone who has installed the update may find that Outlook Search no longer works afterwards. Microsoft has now acknowledged … Continue reading

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SonicWall E-Mail Security Appliance has also a Year 2022 Bug

[German]A quick information/question for the administrators who have a SonicWall email security appliance in use. Do you have error messages in the log files since 1/1/2022 that indicate a date error? I guess the firmware has the same problem as … Continue reading

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Temporary Fix for Exchange Year 2022 Bug FIP-FS Scan Engine failed to load (Jan. 1, 2022)

[German]Microsoft has now delivered a temporary fix for the year 2022 bug that prevents (on-premises) Exchange Servers to transport mails since January 1, 2022. Since I expect that Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, some people will discover that Exchange Server is … Continue reading

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Microsoft confirms Exchange Year 2022 problem that FIP-FS Scan Engine failed to load (Jan. 1, 2022)

[German]Exchange servers (on-premises) have had woldwide a Year 2022 problem since January 1 (00:00 UTC), because mails are no longer transported due to a "date error". Meanwhile, Microsoft has confirmed this issue in a separate blog post. The developers are … Continue reading

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Exchange Year 2022 Problem: FIP-FS Scan Engine failed to load – Can’t Convert “2201010001” to long (2022/01/01 00:00 UTC)

[German]A short note to the administrators whose on-premises Exchange servers are currently on strike and cannot load the FIP-FS scan engine (virus scanner) and report an error Can't Convert "2201010001" to long. You are probably not alone, as of Jan. … Continue reading

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

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Opera cannot open some web sites – ERR_TIMED_OUT

Small note for users of the Opera browser. A reader has brought to my attention that the browser goes on strike with some web pages and throws an ERR_TIMED_OUT.

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Cloud outages 2021: When Akamai, Facebook and Amazon was down

[German]The year 2021 was characterized by many uncertainties and the return of the coronavirus infection wave. At the latest since the outbreak of the pandemic, terms such as Next Normal and digital user experience have entered the vocabulary of many … Continue reading

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Dell BIOS update causes (boot) issues with notebooks and desktop systems (12.2021)

[German]Any of you with more recent Dell notebooks or desktop systems? Then you might want to be a little cautious with recent BIOS (UEFI) updates and read this post beforehand. There is evidence that a BIOS update from Dell can … Continue reading

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Firefox cannot access Microsoft.com … (Dec 12, 2021)

[German]Firefox users seem to have problems accessing Microsoft websites at the moment. A blog reader had already contacted me the other day. Now I read further reports on the Internet that this is not an isolated case, but probably affects … Continue reading

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Issue in Exchange Online (14.12.2021)

Short message about Microsoft Exchange Online. Yesterday there seem to have been disturbances that affected users of Exchange Online. Mails that were supposed to be sent via Exchange Online are delayed or get stuck as draft or to be sent.

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