Tag Archives: Network

Fix for issues on Windows share from macOS

Posted on 2019-08-13 by guenni

[German]Since Microsoft released update KB4503276 of June 2019, users of macOS have had problems accessing shares on Windows machines (clients and servers). SMB1 and LTLM are causing problems. Apple has now published a KB article on this topic. Advertising

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Assign network level authentication w/o Group Policies

Posted on 2019-05-26 by guenni

[German]How to assure, that authentication at network level is on in Windows, if no Group Policies are available (for instance in all Windows Home editions)? Here is a short advise. Advertising

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Windows 10 Network bug in all versions, fix are planned

Posted on 2019-01-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's January 2019 updates are causing a network issue in all supported Windows 10 versions. A patch to correct the problem is expected in February 2019 or later. Here is some information about what is going on. Advertising

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Fix for the Windows 7 SMB network bug caused by Update KB4480970/KB4480960

Posted on 2019-01-12 by guenni

[German]On January 12, 2019, Microsoft released a fix for affected Windows 7 systems to fix the issue caused by the January 2019 update when accessing network shares.  Advertising

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Windows 10 V1809: Network mapping broken

Posted on 2018-11-17 by guenni

[German]Again another blog post about the endless topic 'Network drive mapping doesn't work in Windows 10'. Microsoft has now admitted in a blog post that mapping network drives is broken under Windows 10 V1809. Advertising

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

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SMBv1 FAQ and Windows networks

Posted on 2018-08-27 by guenni

[German]For security reasons, Microsoft would like to retire the SMBv1 network protocol in Windows and recommends not to use it. In this article I have collected some information on this topic. Advertising

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Windows Server 2019 comes with full LEDBAT support

Posted on 2018-07-30 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced the general availability of LEDBAT for the upcoming Windows Server 2019 version. But LEDBAT can already be used in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 optional in an experimental mode. Advertising

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Windows 10 Pro V1803: SMBv1 ‘special traps’

Posted on 2018-07-23 by guenni

[German]If you depend on the SMBv1 network protocol, you need to pay special attention under Windows 10. Especially Windows 10 V1803 has its own specials regarding SMBv1. Advertising

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Windows 10 V1803: mstscax.dll and error 0x80071779

Posted on 2018-06-29 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 April Update (V1803) seems to have several issues in the area of the network and RDP connections. It seams that no NIC adapter bindings for the network can be uninstalled via GUI. Also RDP and the file mstscax.dll … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Version 1803: Network environment empty

Posted on 2018-06-15 by guenni

[German]Some users are facing an empty network environment and have problems accessing other shares, after upgrading to Windows 10 April Update (V1803). Here are a few hints what to do. Advertising

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