Tag Archives: Update

Update KB4100480 for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (03/29/2018)

Posted on 2018-03-31 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released an out of band security update KB4100480 for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and the embedded version of Windows 7 on March 29, 2018.

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Windows 7 Jan./Feb. 2018 patches opens Total Meltdown vulnerability

Posted on 2018-03-28 by guenni

[German]It seems that things went terribly wrong. Microsoft's Meltdown updates shipped in January 2018 and February for Windows 7 (and Server 2008 R2) intended to mitigate the Meltdown vulnerability rip open a huge security hole. This allows any process under … Continue reading →

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Firefox 59.0.2 released

Posted on 2018-03-27 by guenni

[German]Mozilla has surprisingly released Firefox 59.0.1 on March 16, 2018. Now (March 26, 2018) a maintenance update to version 59.0.2 has been released.

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VMware: Updates for ESX-Server

Posted on 2018-03-26 by guenni

Just a not for administrators who are responsible for VMware ESX servers. Thcompany released various updates. Among other things, microcode updates to close the Spectre/Meltdown vulnerabilities are included.

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Windows 7: Preview Rollup Update KB4088881 (03/23/2018)

Posted on 2018-03-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released Preview Rollup Update KB4088881 for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 on March 23, 2018. Here is some information about the update and the answer whether you should install the update … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer Update KB4096040 (March 23, 2018)

Posted on 2018-03-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released on March 23, 2018 security update KB4096040 for Internet Explorer, which replaces KB4089187 was released on March 13, 2018. This update fixes an IE 11 startup problem under Windows 7 SP1. The update is classified as critical.

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Updates for Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2012/R2 (03/21/2018)

Posted on 2018-03-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released the updates KB408888882 and  KB4088883 for Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2012/R2 and KB4088883 for Windows Server 2012 on March 21, 2018.

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Windows (Network) error 0x800704B3

Posted on 2018-03-22 by guenni

[German]Occasionally Windows users (especially under Windows 10) are facing error 0x800704B3. This error may occur during update installation, during network access, etc. An installation is then aborted, for example. So let's see, what's behind this error code.

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Windows 10 Enterprise: Updates and the Telemetry trap

Posted on 2018-03-20 by guenni

[German]A strange observation has been reported to me by a blog reader. If you disable telemetry data transmission on Windows 10 Enterprise, you may not get updates any more.

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Patchday: More Microsoft Updates (March 13, 2018)

Posted on 2018-03-19 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released further updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. for Patchday (March 13, 2018). Here are some more details about selected patches.

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