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Prices for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates till 2023
[German]Microsoft offers Extended Security Updates for Windows 7 SP1 for companies until January 2023. This program is subject to a fee and conditions. Now the prices that companies have to pay for extended support have become public.
Microsoft terminates the meta data service for WMP/WMC
[German]Users of Windows Media Player (WMP) and/or Windows Media Center (WMC) will facing a reduction in functionality soon. Microsoft will discontinue the metadata service used by Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center for certain versions of Windows in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player
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Malwarebytes: Fix for the Windows 7 Freeze issue
[German]Malwarebytes users recognized sporadic freezes in Windows 7 with Malwarebytes version 3.6.1.x. Malwarebytes has now released an update to fix this sporadic freezing.
Windows 7: The ‘Zombie’ GWX sighted again
[German]Another little conspiracy theory about the forced upgrade from Windows 7 systems to Windows 10. I just read a report that someone found GWX on a Windows 7 system. GWX doesn't upgrade this time, but some old GWX tasks are … Continue reading
Fix for the Windows 7 SMB network bug caused by Update KB4480970/KB4480960
[German]On January 12, 2019, Microsoft released a fix for affected Windows 7 systems to fix the issue caused by the January 2019 update when accessing network shares.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Microsoft explains the Windows 7 KMS activation issue
[German]On January 8, 2019, some administrators in enterprise environments observed KMS activation errors on Windows 7 clients. Windows 7 was reported as 'not genuine' (error code 0xC004F200). Now Microsoft has provided some explanation.
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Tagged 0xC004F200, KB971033, KMS activation error, Windows 7
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Update KB971033/KB4480960/KB4480970 bricks Windows 7 Genuine (0xc004f200)
[German]New day, new problem: Microsoft probably released the old update KB971033 again the night before. As it looks, Windows 7 is no longer activated after installing the update and is reported as not genuine. Addendum: It's related to Windows 7 … Continue reading
Posted in issue, Update, Virtualization
Tagged Error 0xc004f200, KB971033, Update, Windows 7
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Network issues with updates KB4480970 and KB4480960
[German]The KB4480970 (Monthly Rollup) and KB4480960 (Security only) updates were released by Microsoft on January 8, 2018 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. The updates seem to cause serious network issues for some people. Network shares … Continue reading
Posted in issue, Update, Windows
Tagged issues, KB4480960, KB4480970, Netzwork, Windows 7, Windows Server
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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server Jan. 8, 2019
[German]On January 8, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.
Posted in Security, Update, Windows
Tagged KB4480960, KB4480963, KB4480964, KB4480970, Patchday, Update, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server
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FYI: End of Support for Windows 7, SQL-Server 2008 and more
At the end of the year, a brief outlook on various Microsoft products that will be dropped from support in 2019 or January 2020. This leaves a few months to plan the migration to successor products.