Tag Archives: Windows 10

Windows 10 V1803: Issues with Update KB4462933

Posted on 2018-11-07 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released cumulative update KB4462933 for Windows 10 V1803 in October 2018. This update caused the Edge Developer Tools to stop working. There may also be problems with SQL connections.

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Windows 10: App History without Microsoft account?

Posted on 2018-11-04 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is probably able to track the Microsoft store app history, i.e. what you have loaded as an app in the store, even without a Microsoft account. This may be shown within the store's app history.

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Windows Performance Analyzer in Microsoft Store

Posted on 2018-11-02 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the Windows Performance Analyzer as an App in the Microsoft Store. This tool comes in handy during some diagnostic tasks. Here are a few information about that topics.

Posted in Software, Windows | Tagged Windows 10 | 3 Comments

Botched Windows 10 V1809 upgrade reached Million PCs

Posted on 2018-10-31 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 October 2018 Update (V1809), released to the public by Microsoft on October 2, 2018 and withdrawn a short time later, may have been installed on millions of PCs.

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Bing/Edge directed Chrome-Fans to Phishing sites

Posted on 2018-10-29 by guenni

[German]A worrying thing that may have happened in the USA. Users looking for a Google Chrome download in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 were occasionally redirected to a page offering unwanted software (PUP).

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

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Windows Defender in a sandbox

Posted on 2018-10-27 by guenni

Microsoft has added an additional security feature to the Windows Defender included in Windows 10. Defender can be run in a protected sandbox environment from Windows 10 V1703 onwards.

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Windows 10: 0-Day-Exploit in Microsoft Data Sharing

Posted on 2018-10-24 by guenni

[German]Twitter user @SandboxEscaper has once again disclosed a zero-day exploit in Windows 10 (and the server editions) and published a proof of concept (PoC) on GitHub. It concerns the Microsoft Data Sharing library dssvc.dll, which allows an extension of rights..

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Windows 10 V1809: ZIP bug confirmed

Posted on 2018-10-24 by guenni

Microsoft has confirmed the bug when unpacking ZIP files (existing files are not overwritten, but nothing is reported either) in Windows 10 V1809. The bug was known to Microsoft, is even fixed in Windows 10 19H1 (Insider Preview) branch, but … Continue reading →

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Windows as a service: pretty broken by design?

Posted on 2018-10-22 by guenni

Microsoft failed to release Windows 10 April 2018 Update free of accidents, and Microsoft failed to release Windows 10 October 2018 Update without an accident. I would say: This 'Windows as a thing' is broken by design.

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Windows 10: Information on deadlines for downgrade rights

Posted on 2018-10-21 by guenni

[German]A brief information for users who want or need to downgrade from Windows 10 to a previous version of Windows. I have received a newsletter from an Swiss OEM with various information that might be of interest to administrators.