Tag Archives: Windows Server

Windows 10: Critical codec vulnerabilities patched

Posted on 2020-07-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has patched vulnerabilities CVE-2020-1425 and CVE-2020-1457 in the Windows Codecs Library in an emergency update on 30 June 2020. This affects Windows 10 and its Windows Server counterparts. Advertising

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Windows 10: Out-of-band update to fix printer issues – I

Posted on 2020-06-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft Microsoft has released a batch of Out-of-band updates to fix the printer issues that occurred after the last patchday in Windows 8.1 as well as Windows 10 – including its server counterparts. Updates are now available for Windows 10 … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 Updates (June 9, 2020)

Posted on 2020-06-10 by guenni

[German]On June 9, 2020, Microsoft released several (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here is an overview of these updates. Advertising

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WSUS error during feature update to Windows 10 V190x

Posted on 2020-05-15 by guenni

[German]Administrators who use WSUS to deploy a feature update to Windows 10 V190x reports that this fails with error codes such as 0x80070057 or 0xc1900298. There are now two different cases that have come to my attention or have been … Continue reading →

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MS-Teams on Windows Server: Keep an eye on your RAM

Posted on 2020-05-05 by guenni

[German]Brief information for administrators who are responsible for Windows servers and have Microsoft teams (Citrix, RDS, VDI) in use. Keep an eye on virtual memory, teams are a memory hog. Advertising

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Windows Server: Find LDAP bindings on DCs

Posted on 2020-03-29 by guenni

[German]Another brief blog post about LDAP channel binding and LDAP signature request for Windows. How can you find LDAP bindings on a Windows Server Domain Controller? Advertising

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Windows Antivirus: Performance- & Stability issues

Posted on 2020-03-29 by guenni

[German]In this blog post I like to take up a tiresome topic. It is about the performance and stability problems caused by virus scanners on Windows 10 clients as well as on server environments. What is the cause and what … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V1609/Server 2016: Update KB4541329 causes printing issues/crashes

Posted on 2020-03-26 by guenni

[German]Update KB4541329 released for Windows 10 version 1607 and Windows Server 2016 may cause printing issues on some systems (Terminal Server, Remote Desktop). Winspool.drv crashes and pulls the applications into the digital abyss. Advertising

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (March 10 2020)

Posted on 2020-03-11 by guenni

[German]On March 10, 2020, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and other updates for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates. Advertising

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Windows 8.1/10: What’s the status of the user profile bug?

Posted on 2020-02-28 by guenni

[German]Some February 11, 2020 update kills the user profile during installation. Where do we stand regarding the bug at the end of February 2020 after the C and D Week updates are out? Advertising

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