Tag Archives: Windows

Microsoft ends Techbench program; axes Windows ISO Download Tool & heidoc.net is dead?

[German]Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool has been a nice thing to download ISO install images for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and also for Microsoft Office 2007/2010. It seems that a shutdown of Microsoft servers has axed … Continue reading

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Fixes for Windows printing issue (August 2016)

Installing security update MS16-098 on August patch day (August 9, 2016), causes serious printing issues. This blog post contains a summary which Microsoft updates fixes the printing issue in which Windows version.

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Update KB3150513 for Windows 8/8.1/10 (08/31/2016)

Microsoft has released this night another update KB3150513 for Windows 10 Version 1511, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and  Windows 7 to improve compatibility definition.

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Printing issues with Microsoft Security Patch MS16-098

[German]Microsoft released a security patch MS16-098 on August 9, 2016 for Windows. Since then users facing printing problems – and now Microsoft confirmed this issue, but without a fix. It seems that Microsoft is planning a fix for September 13th … Continue reading

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Windows Update KB3177723, KB3179573, and KB3179574

[German]Microsoft has released updates KB3177723, KB3179573, and KB3179574 on August 16,  2016 form Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1. Here are a few details about this optional and important updates.

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

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IE 11 security updates June/July 2016 are causing issues

[German]Microsoft has issued some security updates in June and July 2016 for Internet Explorer 11. Blog reader Axel H. has observed serious issues within his intranet with Sharepoint. Some Web sites are rendered wrong and it seems that other admins … Continue reading

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Windows SMB-Sharing bug takes your user account at risk

Hackers has discovered a security flaw in all current Windows versions that reached back to Windows 95. This bug can leak your Windows account credentials to web sites.

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Microsoft July 2016 Security Release ISO Image

Microsoft offers all security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on July 12, 2016 as an ISO image for DVD5.

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Windows-Update KB3161102 axes Windows Journal

Microsoft released optional update KB3161102 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 on July 28, 2016 "to remove Windows Journal" in supported Windows versions.

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Bugs in Windows Disk Management tool

For partitioning of MBR and GPT disks, Windows provides a Disk Management tool and the command line tool diskpart. While the Disk Management tool is easy to handle, it comes with a few bugs, that can cause serious trouble. Here … Continue reading

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