Tag Archives: Windows

Windows 10 V1809: Cumulative .NET Framework Updates

Posted on 2018-09-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft just introduced the upcoming cumulative updates for the .NET framework starting with Windows 10 Version 1809 (October 2018 Update). The company announced this in a new blog post. Here are some details.

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Sysinternals Tools for Windows VM Performance Analysis

Posted on 2018-09-17 by guenni

Server administrators needs to fine-tuning virtualized workloads and diagnosing performance issues during virtualization. This can be done using certain Windows tools.

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Patchday issues with updates & WSUS (September 11, 2018)

Posted on 2018-09-12 by guenni

[German]As of September 11, 2018, Microsoft has released a new batch of updates for Windows and other products. Update KB4457144 for Windows 7 SP1 may issue error 0x8000FFFF. Addendum: The reason for this error and a simple fix has been … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s Windows Security Servicing Criteria

Posted on 2018-09-11 by guenni

[German]In September 2018, Microsoft published new documents that describe in more detail the criteria according to which security updates for Windows are developed.

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Windows Defender reports osk.exe as malware

Posted on 2018-09-08 by guenni

[German]A curious story that German blog reader Paul B. just told me about. Windows Defender triggers a false alarm on a Windows native file reporting a Trojan Win32.AccessibilityEscalation.

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

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Issues with Avast v18.6.2349 in Windows

Posted on 2018-09-04 by guenni

[German]Users of Avast antivirus solutions seem to have been experiencing issues on Windows since late August 2018. This is probably due to an update to version 18.6.2349, which was released for Avast on August 28/29, 2018.

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PowerShell One-Liner: MDT Build Application Report

Posted on 2018-09-03 by guenni

[German]A little tip for IT professionals who creates Windows reference install images with preinstalled software, using the Microsoft Deployment Tool (MDT). How to check whether all applications are included in the install image in an easy way?

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CCleaner V 5.46 with improved data settings

Posted on 2018-08-31 by guenni

[German]Another brief information about CCleaner. Piriform has released a new CCleaner version 5.46. This releases should improved data settings. I received the information yesterday by press release. Here is some information.

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Nonsense Project: Windows 95 as an App

Posted on 2018-08-29 by guenni

[German]Another short topic that has already been circulated and cheered on in blogs last week. It is now possible to run Windows 95 as an app on other operating systems such as Linux, macOS and Windows. I took a quick … Continue reading →

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Will Microsoft pull July/August 2018 Microcode updates?

Posted on 2018-08-28 by guenni

[German]Does Microsoft withdraw or replace Intel Microcode updates for Windows released in July/August 2018? Here are a few things I've compiled with the request for feedback, maybe there is an explanation.

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