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Microsoft plans to phase out NetBIOS name resolution and LLMNR in the future

[German]Microsoft plans to phase out support for the NetBIOS and LLMNR network protocols used for multicast name resolution in Windows in the future. Currently, this is already being tested in the last Windows Dev and Beta Insider builds. At a … Continue reading

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New vulnerabilities discovered in TCP/IP stacks, patches for Windows TCP/IP vulnerabilities

[German]Security researchers have found vulnerabilities in nine TCP/IP stacks (according to Amnesia:33), and issued a warning. Microsoft has closed three critical vulnerabilities in the Windows TCP/IP stack as of February 9, 2021, on the occasion of February Patchday. Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Network drive mapping issues after Windows 7 Upgrade to Windows 10 V2004?

[German]Brief question to the round of Windows 10 users who have updated machines from Windows 7 SP1 to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004 version). Will there be network issues after the upgrade? Advertising

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Windows 10 comes with Network Sniffer pktmgr

[German]Microsoft ships a tool (Packet Monitor) in Windows 10 that allows administrators to monitor and record network traffic. This has only now become more widely known, possibly because the feature was described a few days ago for insiders. Advertising

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Windows 10 / Server 2019: Slow Network on Hyper-V & Bar Metal

[German]A German blog reader has pointed out recently a problem with Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 regarding poor network performance (low throughput) in connection with Hyper-V guests (but also on bare metal Windows 10 clients without virtualization). The reason … Continue reading

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Network issues with updates KB4480970 and KB4480960

[German]The KB4480970 (Monthly Rollup) and KB4480960 (Security only) updates were released by Microsoft on January 8, 2018 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. The updates seem to cause serious network issues for some people. Network shares … Continue reading

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