Tag Archives: Update

Changes and ambiguities in driver updates via WSUS; is Windows 10 bypassing Updates via WSUS?

Posted on 2021-07-09 by guenni

[German]In today's blog post, I'll summarize two things that German blog reader Markus K. pointed out to me by mail. Possibly there are changes in driver updates via WSUS, at least there are and ambiguities. Once he suddenly appears on … Continue reading →

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The Chaos PrintNightmare Emergency Update (July 6/7, 2021)

Posted on 2021-07-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates for the PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-1675) in the Windows Print Spooler service. But these updates seem to end in chaos – it reminds me on the Printer-Gate in March 2021, where Microsoft had to release … Continue reading →

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PrintNightmare out-of-band update also for Windows Server 2012 and 2016 (July 7, 2021)

Posted on 2021-07-08 by guenni

[German]As of July 7, 2021, Microsoft has now also released the emergency update to close the PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-1675) in the Windows Print Spooler services for all Windows versions (the still missing updates for Windows Server versions 2012 and 2016 … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Azure: Urgently update PowerShell because of RCE vulnerability

Posted on 2021-07-08 by guenni

[German]PowerShell versions 7.0 and 7.1 contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2021-26701, which has been assigned a CVSS score: 8.1. In a security alert, Microsoft is urging Azure customers to update PowerShell to version 7.0.6 or 7.1.3 in a … Continue reading →

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Out-of-Band Update closes Windows PrintNightmare Vulnerability (July 6, 2021)

Posted on 2021-07-07 by guenni

[German]As of July 6, 2021, in addition to the regular Office updates (see Microsoft Office Patchday (July 6, 2021), Fix for Outlook Crashes), Microsoft has also released an emergency update to close the PrintNightmare vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office Patchday (July 6, 2021), Fix for Outlook Crashes

Posted on 2021-07-07 by guenni

[German]On July 6, 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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Azure Virtual Desktop: A bug blocks WSUS update downloads (June 2021)

Posted on 2021-07-06 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is investigating an issue that is preventing the download of security updates via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for Azure Virtual Desktops. Virtual Desktop instances are stuck at the May 2021 update level.

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Windows 10, the WSUS and the SSU+LCU detection chaos

Posted on 2021-07-04 by guenni

[German] I already talked about problems in connection with the June 2021 update for Windows 10 within some blog posts. If updates required as a prerequisite are missing, the installation will causes issues. But a blog reader emailed me to … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 2004-21H1: Update KB5004760 fixes PDF issues

Posted on 2021-06-30 by guenni

[German]As of June 29, 2021, Microsoft has released a special update (D-Week) for Windows 10 versions 2004, 20H2 and 21H1. This update, which is not rolled out via Windows Update, is intended to fix possible problems with opening and rendering … Continue reading →

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Cumulative Exchange CUs June 2021 released

Posted on 2021-06-29 by guenni

[German]Microsoft had delayed the quarterly cumulative updates for Exchange Server, which actually come out on the third Tuesday of each month, to the end of the month (see info June 2021 Cumulative Update for Exchange Server postphoned). However, as of … Continue reading →

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