Tag Archives: Windows

WSUS problem: Clients have not logged in since 12.2.2025

Posted on 2025-02-19 by guenni

[German]A German blog reader contacted me on February 13, 2025 because he was experiencing problems with his WSUS. The Windows clients had not reported to WSUS since February 12, 2025. This could be corrected by reading back the backup. But … Continue reading →

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Windows function "Location history" deprecated

Posted on 2025-02-18 by guenni

[German]In my opinion, it is still a left over from the time when Microsoft wanted to make a splash with Windows Mobile phones and Cortana. Back then, the "Location Service" was implemented in Windows. Microsoft has now announced that the … Continue reading →

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Windows: Task scheduler entries are deactivated – claim …

Posted on 2025-02-16 by guenni

[German]A German blog reader contacted me a few days ago with a strange observation. The reader uses a backup solution that is launched cyclically via the Windows task scheduler. Since December 2024, however, the reader has noticed that the tasks … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (February 11, 2025)

Posted on 2025-02-12 by guenni

[German]On February 11, 2025, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – and for other products. The security updates eliminate 55 vulnerabilities (CVEs), three of which are classified as critical and four as 0-day. Below is … Continue reading →

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HP Universal Print Driver Series (PCL 6) vulnerabilities

Posted on 2025-02-06 by guenni

[German]There are vulnerabilities in older HP Universal Print printer drivers (PCL 6 and PostScript) for Windows. The background to this is that these printer drivers use the libjpeg, libpng, OpenSSL and zlib libraries and may have (older) vulnerabilities. HP has … Continue reading →

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

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Windows Server 2025 Domain Controller: Trust Relationship with Windows 11 is lost

Posted on 2025-02-05 by guenni

[German]Another "Beware of Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025" article for administrators who are considering the migration. There seems to be a problem with domain controllers on Windows Server 2025. Windows 11 clients seem to lose the trust relationship after … Continue reading →

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Operating system/Windows share (end of January 2025)

Posted on 2025-02-03 by guenni

[German]It's the beginning of February 2025 and Statcounter's figures on operating system distribution on the desktop are available for January 2025. So what about the figures for Microsoft Windows distribution on the desktop? Windows 10 will no longer be supported … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Driver synchronization in WSUS ends in April 2025

Posted on 2025-02-03 by guenni

[German]A quick reminder for administrators of Windows systems who use WSUS for update distribution. This option for synchronizing driver updates via WSUS will be discontinued by Microsoft in April 2025. In future, Microsoft intends to synchronize drivers for Windows via … Continue reading →

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Windows: January 2025 updates cause audio issues

Posted on 2025-01-28 by guenni

[German]The January 2025 security updates can cause audio problems in several Windows versions (clients and servers). Microsoft has just documented this for Windows 11 24H2, Windows 10 22H2, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016. The updates mainly affect USB … Continue reading →

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Dell Alienware Command Center causes high CPU load in Windows

Posted on 2025-01-26 by guenni

[English]A little snippet of information that came to my attention recently. Frank Lesniak has been struggling for months with a randomly occurring CPU load under Windows. After some searching, he discovered that the Dell Alienware Command Center was the cause … Continue reading →

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