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Windows 10 20H2: January 2022 Updates breaks AGPM-Server
[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
Microsoft Security Update Revisions: Windows Vulnerability CVE-2021-26414 (Feb. 24, 2022)
[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
Windows 10: Unwanted reboots due to Microsoft Defender Application Control (WDAC)
[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
22 years ago: Windows 2000 released
[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
Microsoft Februar 2022 Patch day review
[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
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Microsoft probably secretly fixes vulnerability in Defender under Windows
[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
Windows 10/11: Microsoft will fix performance issues (Feb. 2022)
[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
Windows: Status of printing issues (a.o. Dymo Labelwriter) before Feb. 2022 patchday
[German]What is the status regarding Windows and printing problems due to security updates? In 2021, PrintNightmare kept the administrators very busy because printing suddenly stopped working after the update. In the last few days and weeks, I have received a … Continue reading
Microsoft and the unfixed ReFS bug in Windows
[German]Microsoft's patchday is on February 8, 2022 again. However, those who hope that certain things will be fixed with the security updates on February 8 after the disaster with the January 2022 patchday might be disappointed. At least that probably … Continue reading
Microsoft disables MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler in Windows (Feb. 2022)
[German]After ransomware like Emotet or BazarLoader abused the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler, Microsoft has now reacted again. The entire MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler has been disabled in Windows for the time being – more or less as protection against Emotet, … Continue reading