Tag Archives: Windows 10

June 2021 updates disrupt taskbar with 'News and Interests'

[German]With the June 8, 2021 security updates for Windows 10, Microsoft also forcibly introduced the "News and Interesting Topics" feature. In the meantime, some users notice that the taskbar function is disturbed and icons in the tray area (status area) … Continue reading

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Windows: June 2021 updates (KB5003637 etc.) can block remote access to events

[German]After installing the June 2021 security updates, Windows 7 through Windows 10 (and server counterparts) may experience issues with applications accessing event logs on remote devices. Microsoft has made a corresponding entry in the Windows 10 status area for versions … Continue reading

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (June 8, 2021)

[German]On June 8, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to the current version 21H1). Here are some details about the respective patchday security … Continue reading

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Will Windows 10 end on October 14, 2025? A bit …

[German]Currently, some websites report that Microsoft will phase out Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. The whole thing has to do with the announced Windows event on June 24, 2021, where the "next Windows" is expected. However, it's not quite … Continue reading

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Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1) is distributed more widely via machine learning

[German]After releasing the Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1), in the middle of last month (see Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1) released (May 18, 2021)), Microsoft is opening the floodgates. The operating system is now to be distributed more … Continue reading

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

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Windows 10: Changes and strange behavior with driver updates via WSUS

[German]I'm summarizing two topics that have been lying around for a while in a collective post. It's about the possibility to install drivers in Windows 10. In Windows 10, Microsoft has made an update to the device manager in the … Continue reading

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Windows 10 21H1: StrangeTaskbar issues after update KB5003214

[German]It seems that the new feature "News and interests", installed with optional preview update KB5003214 is causing some nasty issues for some users of Windows 10 version 21H1 (and probably version 2004/20H2). First I got a report from one German … Continue reading

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Disable and configure Windows 10 feature News and interests

[German]Microsoft has introduced the "News and interests" feature in Windows 10 (first in version 21H1, later it was backported in 20H2) via update. An icon in the taskbar can be used to display the weather forecast as well as a … Continue reading

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Windows 10 2004-21H1: Preview Updates (05/25/021)

[German]Following the preview updates for Windows 10 V1809/1909 (see Windows 10 1809/1909: Preview Updates (May 20, 2021)), Microsoft has released another optional cumulative (preview) update for Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1, as well as their Windows Server counterparts, … Continue reading

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Windows 10 21H1 reports ReleaseID 2009

[German]Since a few days Microsoft has released the Windows 10 May 2021 Update (version 21H1) as a feature update. However, if you want to determine the Windows 10 version via PowerShell or other tools, you run into certain difficulties. The … Continue reading

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