Tag Archives: Windows

Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-03-08 by guenni

[German]On March 8, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.

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Microsoft Defender falsely reports Trojans on Dell computers (March 2, 2022)

Posted on 2022-03-03 by guenni

[German]It looks like Microsoft Defender under Windows is falsely reporting a Trojan. Affected are probably systems from Dell, where the DellSupportAssistRemediationService is criticized. This is delivered with Dell computers via their SupportAssist. After a blog reader informed me about the … Continue reading →

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Windows error ID 2001: Unable to read the “First Counter” value under the usbperf\Performance Key

Posted on 2022-03-01 by guenni

[German]Occasionally, users of Windows Clients and Windows Server notice an accumulation of error entries in the Event Viewer that seem to indicate a specific problem. An error with the ID 2001 is permanently reported in the Event Viewer. The error … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 20H2: January 2022 Updates breaks AGPM-Server

Posted on 2022-02-26 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's fix for vulnerability CVE-2022-21920 may block NTLM authentication if Kerberos authentication is not successful. A German blog reader has notified me in January 2022 about issues with Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM). After installing January 2022 security updates , … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Revisions: Windows Vulnerability CVE-2021-26414 (Feb. 24, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-25 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has published a revision to the security advisory for Windows vulnerability CVE-2021-26414 as of February 24, 2022. The notification is informal only. CVE-2021-26414 is the Windows DCOM Server Security Feature Bypass vulnerability that was addressed via security update as … Continue reading →

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

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Windows 10: Unwanted reboots due to Microsoft Defender Application Control (WDAC)

Posted on 2022-02-22 by guenni

[German]Today, another short post for administrators who are using Microsoft Defender Application Control (WDAC) in a Windows 10 Enterprise environment or on Windows 11 Enterprise or Windows Server counterparts from 2016 to 2022 and are annoyed by unwanted restarts. These … Continue reading →

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22 years ago: Windows 2000 released

Posted on 2022-02-18 by guenni

[German]22 years ago, on February 17, 2000, Microsoft released the further development of Windows NT under the name Windows 2000 – internally the part was called Windows NT 5.0. Brings tears to my eyes when I look at the system … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Februar 2022 Patch day review

Posted on 2022-02-13 by guenni

[German]February 8, 2022 was Microsoft's patchday, where a number of security updates for various products were made available. I had reported about these updates in the blog. At first glance, there was little trouble with the February 2022 updates. But … Continue reading →

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Microsoft probably secretly fixes vulnerability in Defender under Windows

Posted on 2022-02-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft Defender attracted attention some time ago due to a vulnerability in Windows that allowed malware to query the folders left out by the antivirus. It now looks like Microsoft has quietly corrected this vulnerability, because administrator privileges are now … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: Microsoft will fix performance issues (Feb. 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-08 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 and Windows 11 are experiencing performance issues, especially when accessing storage media, as a result of the November 2021 updates. There are indications that Microsoft is working on eliminating these problems through updates. However, it is currently unclear … Continue reading →

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