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Windows: Task scheduler entries are deactivated – claim …
[German]A German blog reader contacted me a few days ago with a strange observation. The reader uses a backup solution that is launched cyclically via the Windows task scheduler. Since December 2024, however, the reader has noticed that the tasks … Continue reading
Microsoft Security Update Summary (February 11, 2025)
[German]On February 11, 2025, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – and for other products. The security updates eliminate 55 vulnerabilities (CVEs), three of which are classified as critical and four as 0-day. Below is … Continue reading
HP Universal Print Driver Series (PCL 6) vulnerabilities
[German]There are vulnerabilities in older HP Universal Print printer drivers (PCL 6 and PostScript) for Windows. The background to this is that these printer drivers use the libjpeg, libpng, OpenSSL and zlib libraries and may have (older) vulnerabilities. HP has … Continue reading
Windows Server 2025 Domain Controller: Trust Relationship with Windows 11 is lost
[German]Another "Beware of Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025" article for administrators who are considering the migration. There seems to be a problem with domain controllers on Windows Server 2025. Windows 11 clients seem to lose the trust relationship after … Continue reading
Operating system/Windows share (end of January 2025)
[German]It's the beginning of February 2025 and Statcounter's figures on operating system distribution on the desktop are available for January 2025. So what about the figures for Microsoft Windows distribution on the desktop? Windows 10 will no longer be supported … Continue reading
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 ...
Reminder: Driver synchronization in WSUS ends in April 2025
[German]A quick reminder for administrators of Windows systems who use WSUS for update distribution. This option for synchronizing driver updates via WSUS will be discontinued by Microsoft in April 2025. In future, Microsoft intends to synchronize drivers for Windows via … Continue reading
Windows: January 2025 updates cause audio issues
[German]The January 2025 security updates can cause audio problems in several Windows versions (clients and servers). Microsoft has just documented this for Windows 11 24H2, Windows 10 22H2, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2016. The updates mainly affect USB … Continue reading
Dell Alienware Command Center causes high CPU load in Windows
[English]A little snippet of information that came to my attention recently. Frank Lesniak has been struggling for months with a randomly occurring CPU load under Windows. After some searching, he discovered that the Dell Alienware Command Center was the cause … Continue reading
Microsoft's Marketing tales: Windows 11 is free for a short time; support for Microsoft 365 app ends in October 2025 for Windows 10
[German]Microsoft reached last week into its marketing bag of tricks again and put some questionable things on the table to promote Windows 11. It says that "Windows 11 is free for a short time". And another joke is unpacked: Microsoft … Continue reading
Windows 11: Virtualbox collides with Hyper-V?
[German]An unpleasant observation that is being discussed in the Virtualbox community. Virtualbox only works under Windows 11 if Hyper-V has been removed as a platform (and other virtualization functions). Apparently the hypervisors (still) collide. But removing Hyper-V and the other … Continue reading
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