Tag Archives: Windows 11

Office 365: Mail attachments from Outlook cannot be opened in Word/Excel (Nov. 2023)

Posted on 2023-11-25 by guenni

[German]A quick question for administrators in the readership who use Microsoft Office 365. A reader has contacted us because problems are occurring in his environment when opening mail attachments from Outlook. The attachments cannot be opened in Word or Excel. … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: GPO bug in "Settings Page Visibility" fixed with Nov. 2023 update

Posted on 2023-11-18 by guenni

[German]Small addendum from the November 2023 patchday. With the security updates from October 2023, the problem occurred that the group policies for "Settings Page Visibility" no longer applied under Windows 11 22H2. A reader had noted this here in the … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: Changes due to the European Digital Markets Act

Posted on 2023-11-17 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has to move and is adapting some features/behaviorof Windows 10 and 11 due to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) applicable in Europe. For example, Microsoft Bing web search will be uninstallable – and it will also be possible to … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022-Updates (November 14, 2023)

Posted on 2023-11-15 by guenni

[German]On November 14, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 23H2 to 21H2. Windows Server 2022 also received an update. Here are some details about these updates, which are … Continue reading →

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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 September 2023 updates KB5030219 and KB5030310 are causing issues

Posted on 2023-10-09 by guenni

[English]Various updates for Windows 10 and 11 were released by Microsoft in September. The cumulative update KB5030219 for Windows 11 22H2 from September 12, 2023 (patch day) causes a broken Start menu, problems with games or trouble with Explorer. Then … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 OOBE updates KB5030323 and KB5031274

Posted on 2023-10-04 by guenni

[German]Addendum from September 2023. Microsoft has released the two OOBE updates KB5030323 and KB5031274 as of September 26, 2023, in addition to various preview updates for Windows 10 and 11. The goal of these updates is to improve the out-of-the-box … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: Edge fills up the Temp folder with Edge_BITS_xxx files

Posted on 2023-10-02 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released preview updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11 on September 26, 2023. Edge also received updates. A reader has noticed that in his Windows "recently" the Temp folder is written full with folders and files that have … 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 11 bug: Windows Explorer opens spontaneously in the foreground

Posted on 2023-09-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is working on Windows 11 23H2, in which the Explorer provides some new features. But the old Explorer in Windows 11 still seems to be buggy. A German blog reader reported a bug in Windows Explorer back on September … Continue reading →

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