Tag Archives: Windows Server

0-Day LPE Vulnerability in Windows Installer (Nov. 2021)

Posted on 2021-11-23 by guenni

[German]A security researcher has found a 0-day vulnerability in Windows Installer that allows a local attacker to gain administrative privileges. The 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege' vulnerability CVE-2021-41379 has been patched in November 2021. But there is a workaround, the … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/Windows Server: Out-of-band updates fixes DC authentification error (2021/11/14)

Posted on 2021-11-15 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released unscheduled, so-called out-of-band updates for various versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 / 2019 as well as Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on November 14, 2021. These are intended to fix … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019: No refresh for Citrix apps

Posted on 2021-10-15 by guenni

[German]Brief information for administrators who virtualize Citrix apps via Windows Server 2019 on Windows 10. When publishing Virtual Apps on Windows Server 2019 (as well as Windows 10 clients), there is an issue that no refresh is performed in file … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (September 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-09-15 by guenni

[German]On September 14, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 7 SP1 systems that are still in ESU support. Also with ESU Bypass v11 the whole thing still works. But these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2008 … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2022 Security Baseline

Posted on 2021-09-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the final version of the Security Baseline package for Windows Server 2022. The announcement can be found in this Techcommunity blog post. The blog post describes the new features in the baseline in the areas of Edge, … Continue reading →

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

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Windows Server 2022 generally available, confusion in Essentials, no Hyper-V Server 2022

Posted on 2021-09-02 by guenni

[German]On September 1, 2021, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server 2022. The release had already taken place in August 2021. However, there is confusion as to whether there will still be a Windows Server Essentials 2022. And Hyper-V … Continue reading →

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No Hyper-V Server 2022, Hyper-V-Server is dead

Posted on 2021-09-02 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released its Windows Server 2022 last month without much notice (see Windows Server 2022 LTSC released). Because users have already asked whether there is also a Hyper-V Server 2022, I'll cover it in a separate article. The bad news … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2022 LTSC released

Posted on 2021-08-19 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released Windows Server 2022 LTSC on August 18, 2021 (according to my post Future Windows Server versions will only be available as LTSC, only LTSC versions with 10 years of support will be released). The ISO is available … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 20H2/21H1: Explorer does not show all servers of the domain environment

Posted on 2021-07-31 by guenni

[German]Once again, a general question that came to me via a blog reader. It's about servers in a domain environment no longer showing up completely in Explorer in the Network Neighborhood on Windows 10 clients (20H2 and 21H1). The reader … Continue reading →

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Future Windows Server versions will only be available as LTSC

Posted on 2021-07-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is cutting Windows Server channels and eliminating the semi-annual upgrade channels in the future. Starting with the upcoming Windows Server 2022, there will only be so-called LTSC variants every two to three years, which will get five years of … Continue reading →

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