Tag Archives: Update

Windows issues with April Updates and AV-Programs–root cause known

[German]A little addendum to the April patchday issues in Windows, which were caused by third party antivirus scanners. In the meantime, the root cause for this behavior is known.

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Windows Update Error 0x80246001

[German]Occasionally, Windows users are facing an update error 0x80246001 and the update install process aborts. This can occur on Windows 7 to Windows 10, but also on Microsoft Office. Here is some information about this error.

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Windows 7: Mc Afee is causing issues with April Updates

[German]Some Windows users are facing issues with the security updates released on April 9, 2019. Now it became known, that also Mc Afee as virus protection solution probably is causing slow a system start with the April 2019 update KB4493472 … Continue reading

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Windows patchday issues–one week later (April 17, 2019)

[German]One week after Microsoft released Windows security updates causing install issues, the situation for victims are not clear. Here's an overview, what we know so far. Addendum: Avira has updated its knowledge base article, I've added that information.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (April 9, 2019)

[German]As of April 9, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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AVAST and Avira confirms April 2019 Update issues

[German]The manufacturers of antivirus products, AVAST and Avira have officially confirmed that their products will cause issues with Windows after installing April 2019 Windows updates.

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Windows 10 V1809: Slow down with Update KB4493509?

Just a brief information and a question, if anyone can confirm this. There are reports that the update KB4493509 slows down machines with Windows 10 V1809 extremely. Addendum: Avira confirmed such an issue.

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April 2019 updates freezes Windows 7, 8.1, 10 & Server

[German]Microsofts updates for Windows, released on April 9, 2019, are causing issues in Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, if third party antivirus software from Sophos, AVAST and Avira is installed.

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Patchday Windows 10-Updates (April 9, 2019)

[English]On April 9, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about each update.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (April 9, 2019)

[German]On April 9, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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