Tag Archives: Microsoft

More Microsoft Updates (September 12, 2017)

Posted on 2017-09-17 by guenni

[German]On patchday (September 12, 2017) Microsoft released further updates for. NET-Framework, Windows Server, Flash etc. Here are some details about selected patches. Advertising

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More Microsoft Updates from 08/29/2017 and 09/05/2017

Posted on 2017-09-08 by guenni

Just a short addendum: Microsoft has released some more updates on August 29, and September 5, 2017 for some software products. Here is a short overview. Advertising

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Forced Windows 10 Upgrades: Microsoft signed a waiver

Posted on 2017-08-22 by guenni

[German]Success for German consumer rights advocates against Microsoft, which signed a waiver (cease and desist) not to download install files for a new operating system without user's consensus. This was the consequence of Microsoft's attempt, to force Windows 10 upgrades … Continue reading →

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Issues after Microsoft’s August Updates

Posted on 2017-08-14 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has releases several updates on August 1, and August 8, 2017 for Windows and other products. Some users are reporting several issues caused by these updates. Here is an overview, what I've found so far. Advertising

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Microsoft’s July 2017 patches: issues collection

Posted on 2017-07-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has releases several updates in July 2017 for Windows and Office. Several of these updates are causing serious issues and/or confusion. Here is a collection of issues I found so far. Advertising

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Microsoft July 2017 patch day

Posted on 2017-07-12 by guenni

Microsoft has released on July 11, 2017 a couple of cumulative updates for Windows 10, Rollup Updates for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 and some other updates for Internet Explorer, .Net Framework and so on. Advertising

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Office Patchday (July 5, 2017)

Posted on 2017-07-06 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a couple of non security updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 2016 on July 5, 2017. Here are a few details about that Office July 2017 patchday.  Advertising

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Fixing Microsoft Outlook issues after June 2017 Update

Posted on 2017-07-05 by guenni

[German]It seems that Microsoft is fixing some issues observed in Outlook after installing Office security updates from June 13, 2017. Here is an overview what has been fixed. Addendum: Microsoft has pulled the updates to fix this issue for Outlook … Continue reading →

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WINS is legacy and vulnerable, use DNS instead

Posted on 2017-06-27 by guenni

[German]Today just a short note for Windows Administrators in enterprises. Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is legacy and contains a vulnerability. Therefore WINS should not be deployed anymore. Switch to DNS instead. Advertising

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Microsoft closes critical vulnerability CVE-2017-8558 in Malware Protection Engine (June 23, 2017)

Posted on 2017-06-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a critical security update on June 23, 2017, for Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MsMpEng). This update addresses vulnerability CVE-2017-8558. Here are a few details. Advertising

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