Tag Archives: Windows

Microsoft Defender update/ASR deletes desktop shortcuts, taskbar broken, Office apps don't start anymore

[German]Currently, there seem to be nasty problems with Windows and Microsoft Office. Users report in the blog that under Office 365, build 16.0.15831.20252, the taskbar in Windows is broken and the Office applications no longer start. In many clients, the … Continue reading

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Does AMD's Windows WHQL driver bricks RDNA 2 RX 6000 GPUs?

[German]Can a driver update bricks AMD graphics cards (AMD 6800/6900 GPUs) from AMD? There are hints from users that exactly this might have happened after a driver update – whereby we are talking about WHQL Windows drivers certified by Microsoft. … Continue reading

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Windows January 2023 patchday issues

[German]The security updates released by Microsoft on January 10, 2023 for the various Windows versions (clients, servers) do close some critical vulnerabilities. However, there are a number of user messages that report installation problems. In addition, it looks like the … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 10, 2023)

[German]On January 10, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – released. The security updates eliminate 98 vulnerabilities, of which (11 are critical, one is a 0-day … Continue reading

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End of support for Windows 7/8.1 on January 10, 2023, for Windows Server 2012 R2 in October

[German]On January 10, 2023, Windows 8.1 and the operating systems Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2, which have been in the Extended Security Update Program (ESU) for three years, will receive security updates for the last time. Then … Continue reading

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

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0patch secures Microsoft Edge for Windows 7/Server 2008/2012/R2 until Jan. 2025

[German]On January 10, 2023, Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008/R2 will receive security updates for the last time and will drop out of support. With this, Microsoft will also discontinue support for Edge on Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server … Continue reading

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Windows: Microsoft Workaround for ODBC SQL connection issues (Jan. 5, 2023)

[German]Since the release of the November 2022 updates, issues can occur when accessing SQL databases. This has already been admitted by Microsoft. Here on the blog, readers had suggested a workaround in the form of an ODBC driver replacement. Now … Continue reading

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Issues restoring backups due to VDM with Intel Core i5 11th generation CPUs

[German]Unusual experience reported to me by a blog reader. He suddenly found himself facing the problem of not being able to write back a backup he had made on his Acer Swift 3 with an 11th generation Intel Core i5. … Continue reading

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StackOverflow survey: Developers often use Linux systems

[German]The platform StackOverflow conducts an annual survey among its user base to find out where the focus of its members lies. The results are quite exciting in terms of the programming languages used, the cloud provider, the frameworks used or … Continue reading

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Windows Optimizer version 3.4 released

[German]Brief note for users of Windows10 XP and successor versions. There is a small project of German Windows users and software developers, who work on the optimization of Windows. The result is the Windows Optimizer (also available for English users). … Continue reading

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