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Windows October 2021 Updates: PrintNightmare Status and Network Printing Issues

Posted on 2021-10-15 by guenni

[German]As of October 12, 2021, Microsoft has addressed new vulnerabilities in the environment of the security holes known as PrintNightmare via update. Therefore, a short look at the issue in question, which is still not off the table. In addition, … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: Printer issues affect more manufacturers, and scan/document software compatibility

Posted on 2021-10-14 by guenni

[German]It looks like the problems reported by Brother in a support post regarding USB printers under Windows 11 are expanding. It seems that devices from other manufacturers also cause problems when printing when connected to the Windows 11 computer via … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: App issues and Brother USB printers doesn't print

Posted on 2021-10-12 by guenni

[German]The issues with Windows 11, which will be officially released by Microsoft on October 5, 2021, are slowly piling up. In the blog post Windows 11: Known issues (October 5, 2021), I had already reported about three problems admitted by … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Microsoft fixes issues with Sept. update using KIR

Posted on 2021-09-27 by guenni

[German]In September 2021 updates for Windows 10 could cause issues: Some applications no longer started or could no longer access their data. The cause is a problem in the Microsoft Exploit Protection Export Address Filtering (EAF) function. Microsoft has confirmed … Continue reading →

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Windows PrintNightmare: Status, issues and workarounds (Sept. 22, 2021)

Posted on 2021-09-22 by guenni

[German]Since the patchday of September 14, 2021, when further security updates to close the PrintNightmare vulnerabilities are delivered, there are massive problems with network printers in some environments. The background is that Microsoft implemented certain security measures in August and … Continue reading →

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Windows September 2021 Update: Workaround for some printing issues

Posted on 2021-09-20 by guenni

[German]For patchday on September 14, 2021, Microsoft has released security updates for the supported Windows systems, which should also eliminate further PrintNightmare vulnerabilities. However, these updates cause problems so that network printers can no longer be controlled. In some cases, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Azure: API changes kills applications and PowerShell scripts

Posted on 2021-09-06 by guenni

[German]Microsoft wants to make changes to the Azure API. This will impact applications and PowerShell scripts that rely on this API. The date for the API change is July 1, 2022, might want to keep that in mind if you … Continue reading →

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Microsofts Cloud PC "failed provisioning" error during Windows 365 setup

Posted on 2021-08-05 by guenni

[German]A short information tidbit about Microsoft's Cloud PC and issues during setting up Windows 365. The cloud service is only available since a few days (see Windows 365 released) and Microsoft has already had to suspend the provisioning of the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Edge 92.0.902.55 causes PDF freezes

Posted on 2021-07-26 by guenni

The update of the Edge browser to version 92.0.902.55 on July 22, 2021 does close various vulnerabilities. However, users report that this Edge version causes freezes when opening PDF files (see Microsoft Edge 92.0.902.55: Fixes vulnerabilities, causes freezes in PDFs). … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: July 2021 update may cause printing issues with SmartCard authentication

Posted on 2021-07-26 by guenni

[German]The Windows 10 security updates released on July 13, 2021 for the regular patchday (see Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (July 13, 2021)) may cause printing issues in certain scenarios. Printing and scanning can fail if these devices use smart card … Continue reading →

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