Tag Archives: Windows 10

Windows 10: Reader App is retiring, use Microsoft Edge

Posted on 2017-11-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is retiring early 2018 the Reader app used to view PDF documents in Windows 10. Users are advised to use Microsoft Edge browser instead.

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ASLR fails in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 – but there is a fix

Posted on 2017-11-21 by guenni

[German]Here is Microsoft's next security glitch. Developers have made a mistake that causes the ASLR mechanism not always work properly in Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. But there's a fix.

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Windows 10 / Server 2016: Issues with CDPUserSvc

Posted on 2017-11-19 by guenni

[German]In Windows 10 the service CDPUserSvc has been introduced. This service is a kind of continuous trouble maker. This blog post deals with the question, what is CDPUserSvc for and discusses issues caused by November 2017 update.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17040

Posted on 2017-11-17 by guenni

Microsoft has released last night Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17040 for PC in Fast Ring. There are a few new features, some bug fixes and some known issues. Further details may be reader here.

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Windows 10 Update error 0x800B0100

Posted on 2017-11-11 by guenni

[German]Does Windows throws an update error 0x800b0100 and aborts the download and installation of updates? Here are some information about this bug I encountered from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

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Windows 10: Store error 0x87AF000B

Posted on 2017-11-08 by guenni

[German]Occasionally, when users try to download apps from the Microsoft Store on Windows 10, error code 0x87AF000B is displayed. Then no more app downloads are possible.

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Windows 10: Store error 0x80080204 explained

Posted on 2017-11-06 by guenni

[German]Some users of Microsoft Windows 10 are receiving an error 0x80080204 during downloading apps from Microsoft Store. Here are a few background information and an explanation for a case in Windows Fall Creators Update.

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Ups, Microsoft’s presentation needs help from Google Chrome

Posted on 2017-11-01 by guenni

[German]Embarrassing or funny incident during a presentation at Microsoft's Ignite conference: Because the Edge browser crashed, a Microsoft employee had to quickly install the Google Chrome browser during a presentation at Ignite in order to complete his demo.

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Windows 10: Free upgrade offer for users with assistive technology ends at 12/31/2017

Posted on 2017-10-30 by guenni

Just a short information Windows user. Microsoft ends the free upgrade offer to Windows 10 ‚for customers how use assistive technologies'.

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Windows 10: System protection mysteries

Posted on 2017-10-24 by guenni

[German]Within this blog post, I would like to discuss two observations about system protection. After a Windows 10 install, the system protection is turned off. And it seems, that there are cases, where the computer protection might be activated by … Continue reading →

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