Tag Archives: Windows

Update KB3159398 breaks Group Policy in Windows

[German]Microsoft's update KB3159398, released on patch day June 14, 2016, is causing serious problems in Windows Group Policy. Remark: Microsoft has updated the KB-Article with a decription of the workaround posted below. And there is a power shell script to … Continue reading

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Microsoft Patch day June 14, 2016

On June 14, 2016, Microsoft has released four critical and additional important security updates for Windows, Edge, Internet Explorer and Office. And there is an optional update to improve compatibility.

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May 2016 Compatibility Update for Windows 7/8.1 (KB3150513)

Microsoft released at May 4, 2016 a new (optional) Compatibility Update for Windows (KB3150513). A well know update, bit with a few "new" surprises (in my view) …

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Windows 10: Update error 0x800705B4

[German edition]Some users are facing error 0x800705B4 during update install in Windows 10. There isn't a single reason for this error – so I like to dive into the details.

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Urgent: Remove Apple`s QuickTime Player from Windows

In short: This is an urgent call to action – please uninstall QuickTime for Windows as soon as possible, because there are two serious reasons: First, Apple is deprecating QuickTime for Microsoft Windows – no further security updates are provided. … Continue reading

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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 ...


How to repair Windows Performance Monitor

Windows provides a Performance Monitor to analyze some system parameters like CPU load, Memory usage or other parameters. But what's, if Performance Monitor is broken? This blog post discusses, how to repair perfmon.

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Windows Updates 03/15/2016

Microsoft has released several security and non-security updates for Windows and .NET Framework at March 15, 2016. Here a list with a few information about these updates.

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IE Security-Update KB3139929 adds Win10 Nag-Screen

Sometimes things get worse and sometimes nasty. Microsoft tries to push Windows 10 upgrade on different ways. But now it seems that they crossed some red lines with their latest update action.

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Windows: Optional updates and re-releases 02/16/2016

Microsoft has released several optional updates for Windows and re-released some updates for Office for Mac on February 16, 2016. Also a cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1511 seems to be released soon. Here are a few details.

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Microsoft February 2, 2016 updates summarized

On February 2., 2016, Microsoft has released several updates for Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Here is an overview, what has been released so far.

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