Tag Archives: Windows

Windows Optimizer version 3.4 released

Posted on 2022-12-26 by guenni

[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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How to log off disconnected Citrix sessions after 1 hour via power shell

Posted on 2022-12-26 by guenni

[German]A short tip for administrators of Citrix solutions (Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service). Sometimes administrators are need to log off users whose sessions have been in disconnected state for a long time. There is a PowerShell solution from Citrix … Continue reading →

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Direct Access Issues fixed with Dec. 2022 Updates

Posted on 2022-12-21 by guenni

[German]The security updates from November 8, 2022 for Windows, caused Direct Access connection issues. Microsoft had already confirmed this for Windows 10 and Windows 11 as of November 13, 2022, and wrote, that preview updates from October 2022 was the … Continue reading →

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Confirmed: Secure Boot DBX Update KB5012170 causes installation trouble (Error 0x800F0922)

Posted on 2022-12-16 by guenni

[German]The Secure Boot DBX update KB5012170, which was first rolled out on August 9, 2022, still seems to cause trouble in December 2022. I had reported several times in the blog. Microsoft admitted in the follow-up to the patchday on … Continue reading →

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Microsoft certificates misused to sign malware (Dec. 2022)

Posted on 2022-12-16 by guenni

[German]Security researchers have come across cases where cybercriminals have managed to sign malware-infected Windows drivers using valid digital certificates from Microsoft. This allows the malware to trick the check for a digital signature under Windows. Several threat actors seem to … Continue reading →

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

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Windows 7/Server 2008 R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2: Updates (December 13, 2022)

Posted on 2022-12-14 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 on Patchday. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the corresponding Windows Server versions … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (December 13, 2022)

Posted on 2022-12-14 by guenni

[German]On December 13, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – released. The security updates fix 49 vulnerabilities, 6 of which are classified as critical, and two … Continue reading →

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Google releases details of CVE-2022-41128 vulnerability in Internet Explorer, exploited by ScarCruft hackers

Posted on 2022-12-09 by guenni

[German]Security researchers at Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have published details of a (then 0-Day) vulnerability in Internet Explorer's JavaScript engine that was discovered on October 31, 2022. This 0-Day was probably actively exploited by North Korean hackers to attack … Continue reading →

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Windows: November 2022 updates cause ODBC connection problems with SQL databases

Posted on 2022-12-06 by guenni

[German]It looks like the Windows updates released by Microsoft in November 2022 may cause problems accessing SQL databases. Then the ODBC driver triggers a database access error. According to Microsoft, all Windows versions that are still supported (both clients and … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Store Apps: EXE and MSI now also allowed in Windows Store for Business

Posted on 2022-12-03 by guenni

[German]Previously, apps that had to be made available in the Windows Store for Business for Windows had to be made available there as UWP apps or in MSIX format as packages. Otherwise, the apps were rejected. This restriction seems to … Continue reading →

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