Tag Archives: Windows

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

[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)

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

[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)

[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

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

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

[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

[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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Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 8, 2022)

[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)

[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

[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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