Tag Archives: Update

The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – III

[German]In parts 1 and 2 of the article series, I picked up a hint from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). In part 3 I sketch another … Continue reading

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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – II

[German]In part 1 of the article series I had published a note from blog reader Karl (al Qamar) about a problem related to security updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (redistributables). Part 2 deals with the e-mail correspondence between … Continue reading

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Security Update to Google Chrome 63.0.3239.108

Google's Chrome developers has released a security update for this browser that changes the version to 63.0.3239.108. Here are a few details about this update.

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The problem with C++ Redists & 3rd Party security patches – I

[German]Blog reader Karl (al Qamar) informed me a while ago about a problem with securiy updates for the Visual C++ runtime libraries (Redistributables). Here are his findings about the issues.

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Windows 10: Update Error 0x80248014

[German]Windows users sometimes running into error code 0x80248014 during an update. This can also occur during updating apps from the store, or when updating the virus scanners of Windows Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials.

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

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Security update for iCloud for Windows

A serious vulnerability in Apple's HTML rendering engine WebKit also affects the iCloud client for Windows. Apple has now released a security update of the iCloud client to fix these vulnerabilities.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates December 12, 2017

[German]On December 12, 2017 Microsoft released a couple of cumulative updates for all supported Windows 10 builds. Here is an overview what's patched.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1 (December 12, 2017)

[German]On December 12, 2017, Microsoft released a couple of updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and the corresponding Windows Server versions. Here is an overview what's patched.

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Windows 10: Multi monitor bug in December 2017 update?

[German]Today a short blog post, addressing Windows 10 users with a multi-monitor configuration. I recently run over some posts, that reporting, the last December 2017 update will cause problems with multi-monitor environments.

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Windows 10: Update error 0x80096004

[German]Occasionally, the installation of updates under Windows terminates with error code 0x80096004. Most recently, it seems to have hit users of Windows 10 Insider Previews. Here is some information about the update error.

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