Tag Archives: Windows

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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Problem bear: Windows update KB3102429 re-released

Microsoft has released update KB3102429 for Windows 7/8.1 on January 19, 2016. It's an optional update for currency symbols – but we have seen this "problem bear" last November.

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Tool tip: FolderSecurityViewer for Shares

[German edition]Today just a short tip for Active Directory admins. FolderSecurityViewer is a tool developed to analyze access permissions in network shares, managed on Windows Servers with Active Directory. Further details may be found on this web site.

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

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Microsoft’s failure with default Windows device encryption

Microsoft supports automatic device encryption since Windows 8 for selected hardware. The odd thing: The recovery key is transmitted to Microsoft without a possibility to stop that transfer.

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Microsoft Security-Advisory 3119884 (Dell root certificates)

Microsoft has published Security Advisory 3119884 Inadvertently Disclosed Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing. This advisory addresses the Dell root-CA-certificate desaster.

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KB3097877: Outlook crashes with error C0000374 (FIX) and other issues

Microsoft has released KB3097877 on last November 2015 patch day. Some users are reporting crashes in Microsoft Outlook 2010/2013 with error code C0000374.

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Optional Windows update KB3107998 removes Lenovo USB Blocker tool

Microsoft has released yesterday also an optional update KB3107998 for Lenovo devices. Update KB3107998 removes Lenovo USB Blocker Version 1.0.0.37, due to system crashes.

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EaseUS Partition Master 10.8 with GPT bug fix

EaseUS has released Partition Master version 10.8 – a partition tool for Windows. EaseUS Partition Master supports moving, cloning, resizing, creating and deleting disk partitions on MBR and GPT disks.

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