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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
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
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 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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Tagged Hyper-V, issue, Virtualbox, Windows
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Review: Windows Patchday issues January 2025
[German]After Microsoft released security updates for Windows on January 14, 2025, there is some feedback on problems. Some systems fail with an installation error, on other systems the update is not offered due to missing SSUs. And there are some … Continue reading
Windows 10/Server 2022: SgrmBroker service no longer starts after Jan. 2025 update (KB5049981)
[German]Microsoft has distributed the security update KB5049981 for Windows 10 21H2-22H2 for the January 2025 Patchday (14.1.2025). After installing this update, administrators notice that the SgrmBroker service (broker for runtime monitoring of system monitoring) no longer starts. Administrators also notice … Continue reading
Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 14, 2025)
[German]On the Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 14, 2025), Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 159 vulnerabilities (CVEs), eight of which are classified as … Continue reading
Posted in Security, Software, Update, Windows
Tagged Office, Patchday 1.2025, Security, Update, Windows
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Microsoft: 2025 will be the year of Windows 11 PC updates
[German]In case anyone hasn't noticed, it's 2025. Microsoft has also come out and said that 2025 will be the "year of Windows 11 PC updates". After all, Windows 10 will cease to be supported in October 2025 and half to … Continue reading