Tag Archives: Windows

Windows shows internal SATA hard disks/SSDs as Removable

Posted on 2023-05-23 by guenni

[German]It's a problem that some users experience with Windows: Internet SATA hard drives and SSD drives are shown as removable. This of course makes no sense and there have been instructions to fix this since Windows 7. The problem occurs … Continue reading →

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Threat Hunting with PowerShell – Security even with a small budget

Posted on 2023-05-22 by guenni

[German]IT security should not be a question of money – these are often pretextual excuses. MVP Tom Wechsler has put some thought into the topic and shows how you can even use PowerShell and a few lines of code to … Continue reading →

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HWInfo 7.46 released with fixes

Posted on 2023-05-14 by guenni

The developers of HWInfo have released version 7.46 on May 10, 2023. In the new version, various bugs, for example about CPU utilization under Windows 11, a possible crash on AMD Genoa/Bergamo systems or driver compatibilities, have been fixed. The … Continue reading →

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KB5025885: Secure boot hardening against vulnerability CVE-2023-24932 (Black Lotus)

Posted on 2023-05-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has also released support post KB5025885 for the May 2023 patchday. This post explains how administrators and users need to secure Secure Boot in Windows against the Black Lotous boot kit vulnerability CVE-2023-24932. This vulnerability is exploited by the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft patches Outlook vulnerability CVE-2023-29325

Posted on 2023-05-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has again delivered a fix for an Outlook vulnerability with Windows updates as of May 9, 2023. This update is intended to close a vulnerability in Outlook that was already incompletely patched in March 2023. Russian hackers have exploited … Continue reading →

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

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (May 9, 2023)

Posted on 2023-05-09 by guenni

[German]On May 9, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates fix 37 CVE vulnerabilities, six of which are critical and 36 are classified as important. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0 – "the dark side"

Posted on 2023-05-09 by guenni

[German]At the beginning of April 2023, Microsoft released a new version of its Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0. Actually, it is a compulsory exercise for administrators in companies to deal with this part. In the following, I will briefly introduce … Continue reading →

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Windows and the cURL trap; deleted curl instance breaks Windows update

Posted on 2023-05-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft delivers the cURL library with the operating system since Windows 10. However, Redmond does not manage to update the delivered cURL version promptly when security vulnerabilities become known. This leads to the fact that Curl versions with known vulnerabilities … Continue reading →

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FSLogix blocks OneDrive synchronization in virtual machines

Posted on 2023-05-06 by guenni

[German]Brief note for administrators who use FSLogix in the company on the one hand, but virtualize Windows instances on the other. In this combination, synchronization problems with OneDrive may occur. An error "FSLogix_unsupported_environment" is then reported. Microsoft confirmed this in … Continue reading →

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Microsoft offers Email notification about known Windows bugs for IT administrators

Posted on 2023-05-04 by guenni

[German]Microsoft provides information about known bugs and issues in Windows 10, 11 and Windows Server 2022 in the Known Issues category of its Windows Release Health status page. However, administrators from companies often do not have the time to check … Continue reading →

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