Tag Archives: Windows 10

Petition to Microsoft demands Windows 10 support extension

Posted on 2023-10-31 by guenni

[German]I'm catching up on a topic that already came to my attention on Mastodon on October 27, 2023. The Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has set up a petition calling for Microsoft to extend support for Windows 10 beyond 2025. … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2019/2022: Updates KB5031361/KB5031364 cause Hyper-V issues

Posted on 2023-10-17 by guenni

[German]I got reports that update KB5031361 for Windows Server 2019 (and Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC) is causing issues with VMs running on Hyper-V. The same is reported for update KB5031364 for Windows Server 2022. The virtual machines cannot be … Continue reading →

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

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Windows 10/11: Microsoft Defender can no longer be disabled

Posted on 2023-10-17 by guenni

[German]I'm going to address an old issue that might affect administrators who are migrating clients to Windows 11. In some scenarios, applications run very slowly or the system or applications start sluggishly. The clients are underperforming, even if the application … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Update KB5031356 fails with error 0x8007000D

Posted on 2023-10-15 by guenni

[German]The security update KB5031356 released on October 10, 2023 for Windows 10 22H2 fails with installation error 0x8007000D for some users. Microsoft has admitted the issue as of October 13, 2023 and is rolling back the flawed component on consumer … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (Oktober 10, 2023)

Posted on 2023-10-11 by guenni

[German]On October 10 (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 details … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Update KB5001716 for update service components (Oct. 2022)

Posted on 2023-10-07 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the update KB5001716 for machines with older Windows 10 versions on Oct. 3, 2023. The package updates the Update Service components so that the machine can be updated to a newer Windows 10 build. Here's a brief … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: Upgrade path with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 keys no longer works (Sept. 2023)

Posted on 2023-09-29 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has now technically ended the upgrade option from Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 for Windows 10 and Windows 11. This means that the previously still possible activation with a corresponding product key of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 update KB5030211 ships backup app to LTSC versions and frustrates LTSC users

Posted on 2023-09-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has clearly lost track with the needs of its commercial users. The latest example is the backup app that Redmond flushed onto Windows 10 users' systems via a security update in September 2023. Not really usable and impossible to … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (September 12, 2023)

Posted on 2023-09-13 by guenni

[German]On September 12 (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 details … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR error caused by preview updates (August 22, 2023)

Posted on 2023-08-25 by guenni

[German]The old recommendation not to install a month's preview updates immediatly has proven itself again in August 2023. The optional preview updates released on August 22, 2023 are supposed to fix numerous bugs and provide new group policies in Windows … Continue reading →

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