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Windows on ARM: 64-bit emulation announced
[German]As far as I know only 32-bit x86 applications could be emulated under Windows on ARM so far. In a new blog post, Panos Panay has now announced that support for 64-bit emulation of x86...
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Developer compiled Windows XP/2003 source code from Leak
[German]In September 2020 the news about a leak of the source code of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 made the rounds trough the media. It looks like the code really is from Microsoft. A developer...
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Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 – Patch 2245
[German]Trend Micro has released patch 2245 for his Worry Free Business Security 10.0 SP1 (TM WFBS 10.0 SP1) for Windows 10. Here is some information about it. Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security...
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Windows 10 V2004: Update KB4577063 released (Oct. 1, 2020)
[German]Microsoft has released after tests with Windows Insiders (see this blog post) cumulative update KB4577063 for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (Version 2004) The update is also available for...
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Internet Explorer vulnerability CVE-2020-0968 is attacked
[German]Brief information for people who still use Internet Explorer (mainly concerns company administrators). Malware has been discovered that exploits the Internet Explorer vulnerability...
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HP Device Manager: Database backdoor puts Windows at risk
[German]The HP Device Manager used to manage HP thin clients seems to have a backdoor in some versions in the form of a preconfigured user account in a database. This puts the underlying Windows at...
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Microsoft ends Office Lense Support at the end of 2020
[German]Small message to Windows 10 users: Microsoft informed us, that the development of the Office Lense-App for Windows 10 will be stopped at the end of 2020. With this free app Office Lense you can...
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Microsoft Defender-Paket for Windows Install-image Updates
[German]Microsoft has released a PowerShell script package that allows installation images of Windows 10 and Windows Server to already have an updated Microsoft Defender. This should reduce the...
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Windows 10: Disable Bing in the search
[German]If you are annoyed by the Bing search in the Windows 10 start menu search, you can turn it off. For this purpose a registry key is available, which can be set via group policy or directly as an...
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Windows 10: Has Telnet been removed as a feature?
[German]Strange observation of a blog-reader, which I will discuss here. It’s about the telnet function, which can be installed as an optional feature. The program was suddenly gone and could only be...
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Raccine: Protect volume shadow copies from ransomware
[English]Interesting story – a security researcher has developed a tool called Raccine as a simple protection against ransomware. This should prevent ransomware or other malware from deleting the...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20231: Tailored Setup
[German]Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20231 for Windows Insider in the Developer Channel on October 7, 2020. A customized installation with some Insiders is also tested....
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Windows 10 Update KB4583263: Fix for HP Battery Health Manager
[German]Microsoft and HP have released update KB4583263 for different Windows 10 versions on October 8, 2020. This optional update is intended to fix issues with HP Battery Health Manager settings on...
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Microsoft revamps Office and Windows support pages
[German]Microsoft plans to redesign the support pages for Microsoft Office and Windows in the future. On the support pages Redmond will provide information about updates for the respective products. In...
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Windows 10: Experiments with Windows 10X setup dialogs
[German]For years, the setup procedure of a Windows 10 system has hardly changed. Now Microsoft is suddenly experimenting heavily with new setup options that are displayed during the OOBE phase. In the...
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PowerToys 0.23.2 released
[German]Microsoft released version 0.23.2 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users on October 9, 2020. These tools are free and provide additional features for Windows 10, this time it is a stability update...
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KB4577062 blocks feature updates on Windows 10 V190x and 2004
[German]Short information for Windows 10 users regarding the Cumulative Preview Update KB4577062 dated September 16, 2020 and available for Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909. If you have installed this...
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Windows 10 gets hardware accelerated AV1 video support
[German]Microsoft has announced, that Windows 10 get support for hardware accelerated AVI video output from this autumn. The technology will soon be provided by hardware partners (via new GPUs). In the...
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Windows 10: Microsoft Office Hours (Oct. 15, 2020)
[German]Short note for users and administrators of Windows 10 systems. Microsoft is planning one of its ‘Microsoft Office Hours’ on October 15, 2020 for Windows 10, where Microsoft employees will be...
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Windows 10 shows suddenly installed Office Apps like Excel
[German]Quite a crude story that a German blog reader pointed out to me. Windows 10 behavior as a malware? On his Windows 10, entries for Microsoft Office apps like Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word...
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