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Windows 10/11: Preview updates from July 2023 are causing video issues
[German]This week Microsoft has released preview updates for Windows 10 22H2 as well as Windows 11 21H2 – 22H2. Now the company reports that these updates may cause problems with applications. Some applications may not be able to play, record … Continue reading
PSA: WSUS import is now required via PowerShell
[German]Microsoft has started to disable the possibility to import updates manually in WSUS (Windows Server Update Service). The background is that the ActiveX components in question are outdated and Internet Explorer is being replaced by Edge. Yesterday, there was already … Continue reading
VMs running Windows Server Datacenter 2022 on Azure with Desktop Experience: Hotpatching available
[German]One more quick piece of information for administrators who manage Windows Server 2022 Datacenter virtual machines on Microsoft Azure with Desktop Experience. Microsoft has just announced that hotpatching is now available for these machines.
Windows CSP Update page: Windows Update policies are not correct
[German]Another "shortie for the weekend", since I haven't considered this topic yet. Microsoft provides a set of group policies (GPOs) for managing/controlling updates in Windows. The whole thing is documented on the Policy CSP for Updates page. I had already … Continue reading
Microsoft July 2023 Patchday issues (Windows, Office, Apps) – Part I
[German]On Patchday, July 11, 2023, Microsoft released a bunch of security updates for Windows, Office and other products. In addition, a vulnerability in the HTML component of IE became known, which could allow an RCE attack on Office and Windows … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Windows 10 creates garbage files (.checkpoint files) in Windows/System32
[German]I'm posting a problem here in the blog that a reader reported by email. The Windows user regularly receives files with the file name extension .checkpoint and (presumably) a UUID code as the file name in the Windows System32 folder. … Continue reading
HTML RCE Vulnerability CVE-2023-36884 Allows Office and Windows System Takeover
[German]Short addendum regarding security. As of July 11, 2023 (patch day), another 0-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-36884) has become public, which allows remote code execution in Microsoft Windows and Office. The vulnerability has already been exploited by hackers from the group Storm-0978 … Continue reading
Windows: Malware still loadable in kernel drivers (RedDriver attack)
[German]Microsoft's measures to prevent the loading of malicious kernel drivers don't seem to be working at all. I've had the issue on my radar for weeks, because the driver block list doesn't really seem to work. Now security researchers at … Continue reading
Microsoft Security Update Summary (July 11, 2023)
[German]On July 11, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 130 vulnerabilities, five are 0-Days. Below is a compact overview of these updates released … Continue reading
Windows 11: Optimize network transfer performance and CPU load – part 2
[German]Windows 11 has a problem with network throughput when receiving files. In part 1, I had presented some measurements that a blog reader had taken during tests to analyze the weakening network throughput and the high CPU load under Windows … Continue reading