Tag Archives: Windows

Windows 7/8.x/10: Delete Network Profiles

[German]Today a short blog post about an ancient topic: How can we delete old network profiles in Windows 7, Windows 8.x and Windows 10 that were created automatically when connecting to a WLAN network? This is quite convenient in Windows … Continue reading

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Windows in figures: Fragmentation and market share

[German]March 2018 is ending fast, and we are just in front of April fools jokes. Time to take another look at the figures. What does Windows 10 in terms of market share and version fragmentation look like? Has Windows 10 … Continue reading

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Update KB4100480 for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (03/29/2018)

[German]Microsoft released an out of band security update KB4100480 for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and the embedded version of Windows 7 on March 29, 2018.

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Microsoft will block RDP connections from clients soon

[German]Due to a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP), the company plans to block RDP connections from unpatched clients to Windows Servers in the future. Administrators need to update all clients and servers, to avoid this situation.

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Acer, MyWinLocker and ‘Explorer has stopped working’

[German]Today a short troubleshooting article for owners of Acer notebooks who are suddenly confronted with the error message 'Explorer stop working' during file operations.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Windows (Network) error 0x800704B3

[German]Occasionally Windows users (especially under Windows 10) are facing error 0x800704B3. This error may occur during update installation, during network access, etc. An installation is then aborted, for example. So let's see, what's behind this error code.

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Patchday: More Microsoft Updates (March 13, 2018)

[German]Microsoft has released further updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. for Patchday (March 13, 2018). Here are some more details about selected patches.

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Microsoft’s Control Flow Guard can be bypassed

[German]Italian security researchers have developed a concept to leverage the exploit protection control flow guard supported in Windows 8.1 up to Windows 10 (and the server counterparts). The concept will be presented to the public at Black Hat Asia.

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Spotify app blocks Windows 10 system restore

[German]Owners of Windows 10 run into the problem that the spotify app from Microsoft Store kills the system recovery of Windows 10. Here ate some information and details.

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Microsoft Updates KB4091290/KB4090007/KB4052623 (March 1, 2018)

[German]As of March 1, 2018 Microsoft released several updates for Windows (KB4091290, KB4090007) and for Windows Defender. This includes the correction update for the accidental preview update KB4075211 (SCARD_E_NO_SERVICE-Bug) and the microcode update for Spectre 2.

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