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Windows 10 Version ab 1809/190x: robocopy extensions
[German]In Windows 10 version 1809 and version 1903/1909 Microsoft has added some extensions to the robocopy command with the preview updates of September 16, 2020. To my knowledge, Microsoft has not...
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Windows Server 2016: Workaround for GPO-MMC wsecedit.dll error
[German]Is anyone affected by the GPO-MMC wsecedit.dll error in Windows Server 2016 caused by security update KB4577015 dated September 8, 2020? There is a temporary workaround to prevent the crash....
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Windows 10: Update Issues September 2020
[German]Microsoft’s September 2020 patchday (B and C week) is now over. It’s time for a short overview of the issues caused by updates for Windows 10 and its server counterparts. Let’s see if and what...
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Windows 10 Update KB4577063 as Preview for Insider
[German]Microsoft has released the update KB4577063 for Windows 10 Version 2004 and 20H2 as preview for Windows Insider in the Release Preview Channel and in the Beta Channel. The update should fix...
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Microsoft’s new designed ‘Security Update Guide’
[German]Microsoft has re-designed it’s page informing about all security updates released. The page is for IT professionals and users who are searching details about security updates from Microsoft....
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20221 released
[German]Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20221 for Windows Insider in the Developer Channel as of September 23, 2020. The announcement was made in the Windows Blog, where you...
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Windows 10: Update KB4571756 causes an error in group policy editor
[German]I’ll take up the topic, which was raised by a blog reader, here. After September 2020 patchday and installing update KB4571756)the reader gets an error in the group policy editor that the...
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Zerologon Exploits are used in the wild, patching (Windows Server, Samba)...
[German]I bring up the Zerologon vulnerability issue again. Microsoft warns that attackers actively use the Windows Server Zerologon exploits for attacks. Windows Server administrators should urgently...
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Windows 7-10: WSUS must support https soon
[German]Today a note to the administrators among my blog readers who use Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to manage client updates. Microsoft demands that clients will soon have to communicate...
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Windows XP Source Code leaked
[German]The source code for Windows XP SP1 and other versions of the Microsoft operating system was leaked a few hours ago as a torrent. The source code should be a treasure trove for people looking...
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Windows Server 2016: Microsoft confirms bug in Group Policy Editor
[German]Security update KB4577015, released September 8, 2020, causes a wsecedit.dll error in GPO-MMC on Windows Server 2016, rendering the Group Policy Editor unusable. But there is a temporary...
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Microsoft and the ‘obnoxious’ Edge Upgrade Experience …
[German]For months, Microsoft has been updating Windows 10 users to the new Chromium-based Edge Browser. This not only causes collateral damages in some case. The ‘obnoxious’ Edge upgrade experience is...
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Windows 10 offers old/inappropriate Intel driver updates (Sept. 2020)
[German]Strange thing that came to my attention on Twitter. Windows Update offers people optional drivers, but they don’t really fit for the machines in question. Microsoft rolls out apparently...
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SVCHOST.EXE process and command options explained
A brief reading tip for Windows experts. In the article Demystifying the “SVCHOST.EXE” Process and Its Command Line Options you can find explanations about the Windows process SVCHOST.EXE and its...
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Windows: Soon only an emulation layer on a Linux kernel?
[German]Open source software advocate Eric S. Raymond predicts the triumph of Linux on the desktop. Microsoft will ‘soon bury’ its Windows as we know it. Instead, Microsoft would rely on a Linux...
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Microsoft specifies patching of the Netlogon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472)
[German]Microsoft has revised and clarified its guidance on how to close the Netlogon vulnerability in Windows Server installations that act as domain controllers. This is in response to feedback from...
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Poll by Ed Bott: Why are you still using Windows 7
About 10% of Windows systems (according to ZDNet server logs) are still running Windows 7. US colleague Ed Bott has started a survey on ZDNet to find out why companies still use Windows 7. If you still...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20226 released
[German]Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20226 for Windows Insider on the Developer Channel as of September 30, 2020 (6 years Windows Insider). The announcement was made in...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview KB4577063 released
[German]As of September 30, 2020, Microsoft has also updated the update KB4577063 for Windows 10 Insider in the Beta and Release Preview Channel. The update raises Windows 10 version 2004 to build...
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PowerToys 0.23.0 released
[German]Microsoft released version 0.23 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users on September 30, 2020. These tools are free and provide additional features for Windows 10, this time it is a stability update...
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