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Microsoft touts top-notch monthly Windows update efficiency

[German]The timely installation of security updates is a building block to protect Windows systems from the cyber threats of this time. Microsoft therefore once again advertises to its clientele that it implements or achieves a "first-class monthly Windows patch efficiency". … Continue reading

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Exchange vulnerabilities: Will we see Hafnium II?

[German]Are we soon seeing a second hafnium disaster, in which Exchange servers are attacked and taken over via vulnerabilities? At the BlackHat 2021 conference, security researcher Orange Tsai spoke about new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange and, in addition to old … Continue reading

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Edge 92.0.902.67

[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser to version 92.0.902.67 as of August 5, 2021. The release notes state that security updates to the Chromium browser have been included. Microsoft emailed me the list of fixed vulnerabilities in Chromium.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (August 3, 2021)

[German]On August 3, 2021 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft will release non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. Among other things, crashes in Outlook and performance issues are lifted. Here's a brief overview.

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Google Chrome 92.0.4515.131 with security fixes

[German]Google has released Google Chrome 92.0.4515.131 for Windows, Mac and Linux on August 2, 2021. It is an update to version 92 that brings new features, but also fixes 10 vulnerabilities in older browser versions at once.

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

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Microsofts Windows Quality Updates Primer (July 21, 2021)

[German]Microsoft provides different types of updates for Windows (10 and 11). These range from the monthly security and quality updates on patchday to preview updates and out-of-band updates. This is all known to well-informed administrators and users. But Microsoft has … Continue reading

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Out-of-band update KB5005393 for Windows 10 V1607 printing issues (July 29, 2021)

[German]Microsoft has now released the unscheduled update for Windows 10 version 1607 as well as Windows Server 2016 on July 29, 2021. This special update KB5005393 is supposed to fix the printing problem in connection with a SmartCard authentication. Here … Continue reading

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Windows 10 V1909: Preview Update KB5004293 (July 29, 2021)

[German]In addition to the preview update for Windows 10 version 2004 – 21H1 (see Windows 10 2004-21H1: Preview Update KB5004296 (July 29, 2021)) Microsoft also released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5004293 for Windows 10 version 1909 (Enterprise, Education, IoT) … Continue reading

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Windows 10 2004-21H1: Preview Update KB5004296 (July 29, 2021)

[German]Microsoft has released another optional cumulative (preview) update for Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1, as well as their Windows Server counterparts, as of July 29, 2021. The update fixes several gaming issues, as well as many other bugs. … Continue reading

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Windows 10: Reliability update KB4023057 re-released (July 2021)

[German]Microsoft has once again released the preparation update KB4023057 for machines with Windows 10 in July 2021. The update is supposed to improve the reliability of the Windows Update service, i.e. to find any update problems on the Windows 10 … Continue reading

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