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Tag Archives: Windows
Security: Windows-Spoofing via .reg files
[German]Windows users can be spoofed into importing .reg files, as I just verified. You can send manipulated messages to the user via the dialog box shown before a .reg file is imported.
Tell Microsoft your opinion about Windows update experience
The Windows update experience isn't the best for some Windows users. Install errors, pulled updates and many more incidents happens in the past. Now Microsoft is eager to obtain the opinion of Windows users about the update experience.
Dell Encryption fails in Windows after March 2019 updates
[German]After the March 2019 cumulative Windows updates has been installed, the Dell Encryption encryption solution fails on Windows 7 through Windows 10 with error messages such as _UNMNGD. Now Dell has released some information.
Windows: Critical vulnerability in Huawei PCManager
[German]Microsoft has found two serious vulnerabilities in a driver and in PC Manager for Windows, both provided by Chinese company Huawei. These vulnerabilities allow local privileges escalation. Updates are available since in January 2019.
Windows Calc Source-Code: A Nightmare …
Windows Calc app is located on billions of computers, because it is sipped with Windows. Recently the source code of the program was released as Open Source on GitHub. Some people have inspected the program code, and came to the … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
DTrace for Windows available
Microsoft ported the analysis tool DTrace to Windows and released it for general use last week. Here is some information about this tool, where to obtain it and what to know else.
Windows Update ends with error 0x800f0982 / 0x8024200d
[German]In Windows it may happen that the installation of updates (e.g. with the Windows 10 Updates KB4480116 and KB4482887) via Windows Update terminates with the error code 0x800f0982 or 0x8024200d. Here is some information about this error
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Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 12, 2019)
[German]As of March 12, 2019, Microsoft released numerous security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, etc. Here is a compact overview about these update.
Windows 10 message ‘We removed some recently installed updates …’
[German]On Windows 10, you may see a message that an update has been removed automatically to recover a devices from a startup failure. Microsoft has now explained why you see this information.
ReactOS 0.4.11 released
[German], 2019, the developers of the project released ReactOS 0.4.11. I downloaded this version a few days ago and tested it in a virtual machine. Here are some information and impressions.