Tag Archives: Windows

Microsoft renames Windows/Android Apps "Your Phone" etc.

Posted on 2022-04-02 by guenni

[German]Microsoft ships with Windows 10/11 an app for communication between Android and Windows. This allows the screen of certain Android devices to be displayed on a Windows 10 system and the smartphone to be accessed. In a new blog post, … Continue reading →

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Rumor: Microsoft supports "Windows Mode" in Linux

Posted on 2022-04-01 by guenni

[German]This is a cool thing that Microsoft and the Linux developer community around Linus Torvalds are planning for the future. Up to now, Microsoft's developers have been tinkering with a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows, so that the … Continue reading →

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New security feature allows driver block lists in Windows 10, 11 and Windows Server

Posted on 2022-03-31 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is working on improving the protection of the current versions of Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2016 and their successors against harmful drivers. For this purpose, Windows Defender Application Control (only available in Enterprise editions) or HVCI … Continue reading →

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Windows: Were there issues with CET daylight saving time changeover in 2022?

Posted on 2022-03-29 by guenni

[German]A brief question for European reader about an issue, which has become almost a running joke here on the blog: Did Windows 10/Windows 11 switch correctly to European summer time (daylight saving time) on Saturday night (26/27 March 2022)? I've … Continue reading →

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Administrative Templates (.admx) v2.0 up to Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2)

Posted on 2022-03-28 by guenni

[German]Brief addendum from last week. Microsoft has released version 2.0 of its administrative templates (.admx files) for Group Policy for Windows – from Windows 7 up to Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2) as of 22 March 2022. Windows 11/Windows … Continue reading →

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

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Citrix Workspace App 2204: Windows offline installation fails because of WebView2 missing

Posted on 2022-03-27 by guenni

[German]On 24 March 2022, Citrix released the Workspace App 2204. This enables audio redirection, has support for an improved Single Sign-On (SSO) for web and SaaS applications, as one can read in this Citrix document. But there is also a … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability CVE-2022-22988 in Western Digital EdgeRover desktop application allows admin privileges (macOS, Windows)

Posted on 2022-03-22 by guenni

[German]I'm posting this briefly here on the blog because people in the readership may be using Western Digital's EdgeRover desktop application on macOS or Windows. The vulnerability CVE-2022-22988 in older versions of the app allows attackers to gain elevated privileges … Continue reading →

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0patch fixes again vulnerability CVE-2021-34484 in Windows 10/Server 2019

Posted on 2022-03-22 by guenni

[German]The ACROS Security team around founder Mitja Kolsek has just developed a micro-patch to close a User Profile Service Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-34484) of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. It is the third micro-patch, as Microsoft security updates do … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0 (contains also Windows Policy Analyzer)

Posted on 2022-03-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0 in Nov. 2021. This week I was asked if the Windows Policy Analyzer – a utility for analyzing and comparing Group Policy Objects (GPOs) – which has been available since 2016, … Continue reading →

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CERT-EU warns of SMBv3 vulnerability CVE-2022-24508, fix through Windows March 2022 updates

Posted on 2022-03-11 by guenni

[German]With the March 8, 2022 security updates for Windows, Microsoft has fixed a number of vulnerabilities. Among them is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability (REC) in Windows SMBv3 Client/Server that is rated as important. CERT-EU issued a recent advisory warning … Continue reading →

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