Tag Archives: Windows 10

Microsoft ends Cortana support "in late 2023" in Windows – AI is the new aim

Posted on 2023-06-03 by guenni

[German]Microsoft will discontinue support for the Cortana app in Windows "later in 2023", as the company announced in a support article. The Cortana features in Windows are affected – but the voice assistant shall remain in Outlook Mobile and the … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: Microsoft Store refuses login – there is a Workaround

Posted on 2023-06-03 by guenni

[German]Quick question for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users who use the Microsoft Store (Microsoft 365 or Windows Store) to get apps. Are there any login issues with the Microsoft account to the Store? A blog reader contacted me about … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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Windows 10 21H2 reaches end of live – forced upgrade to 22H2

Posted on 2023-05-30 by guenni

[German]Short reminder for Windows 10 users who are still running version 21H2. In June 2023, this Windows will receive security updates for the last time in certain variants and will then be removed from support. Microsoft has therefore started to … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: Known issues (May 2023)

Posted on 2023-05-27 by guenni

[German]In the last few weeks, various bugs (partly due to updates but also during development) have slipped into Windows 10 and 11versions. For example, there are issues when copying files under Windows 10 and Windows 11 – the operation can … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 22H2 Preview Update KB5026435 (May 23, 2023)

Posted on 2023-05-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5026435 for Windows 10 22H2 on May 23, 2023 (C-Week). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10. … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 22H2/Windows 10 22H2: Updated ISO install media (May 15, 2023)

Posted on 2023-05-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has updated its ISO install media for Windows 11 22H2 and Windows 10 22H2 and should now make them available for download. These install images contain the May 2023 security updates – and most importantly, the Secure Boot fix. … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: "News and interests" visible in the taskbar despite GPO?

Posted on 2023-05-16 by guenni

[German]I'm bringing up a topic that should have been settled long ago. Microsoft "tortures" its Windows users with the taskbar entry "News and interests". Administrators can disable this feature via group policies. An administrator contacted me the other day because … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (May 9, 2023)

Posted on 2023-05-10 by guenni

[German]On May 9, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. Here are some … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: ResampleDmo.dll missing/not found

Posted on 2023-05-06 by guenni

[German]Users of Windows 10 – and especially Windows 11 – sometimes get the error message that the library ResampleDmo.dll was not found when starting applications. After I recently came across a report about Windows 11 and this problem, I did … Continue reading →

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Microsoft confirms: 22H2 is the final Windows 10 version, Windows 11 LTSC mentioned

Posted on 2023-04-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft tried to tell people in a techcommunity post a few hours ago that Windows 10 version 22H2 is the last version of this operating system and that you should kindly switch to Windows 11. The tech community post also … Continue reading →

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