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PowerToys 0.27 released
[German]Microsoft released version 0.27.0 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users on December 1, 2020. These tools are free and provide additional features for Windows 10, and the update brings improvements...
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Windows: Incorrect disk layout causes trouble with updates and feature upgrades
[German]If the disk layout on Windows machines does not comply with Microsoft specifications, this can quickly lead to trouble. During update installation, rollbacks occur and the installation of the...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20270
On December 3, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20270 for Windows Insider on the Developer Channel. The announcement was made in the Windows Blog, where you can read about...
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Windows 10 2004/20H2: DumpStack.log.tmp slows down computer
[German]On Windows 10 systems with the version 2004 or 20H2 there is a file DumpStack.log.tmp, which in the worst case slows down the computer. A blog reader pointed this out to me. Here is some...
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Windows 10 20H2 19042.631 ISO available at Techbench
[German]Microsoft has made available for download the ISO image file of Windows 10 20H2 (October 2020 Update) with build 19042.631 in its Techbench program. Here are some information about it and how...
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Microsoft Security Update Summary (December 8, 2020)
[German]On December 8, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here you will find a compact overview of these updates.A list of the...
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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (December 8, 2020)
[German]On December 8, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about the respective...
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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (12/08/2020)
[German]On December 8, 2020 Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and Windows Server 2008 R2. Here is an overview of these updates. Updates for Windows 7/Windows Server...
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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (12/08/2020)
[German]On December 8, 2020, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. These updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about them. Updates for Windows...
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Edge 87.0.664.57
[German]As of December 7, 2020, Microsoft has updated the Chromium-based Edge Browser to version 87.0.664.57. This is a maintenance update, which according to the release notes fixes bugs, but also...
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NSA warning about CVE-2020-4006 in VMware products, urgently patching required
[German]A few days ago VMware released security updates for the CVE-2020-4006 vulnerability in VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager and Identity Manager Connector. Now there...
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PowerToys 0.27.1
[German]Microsoft released version 0.27.1 of PowerToys a few hours ago as a bug-fix update for Windows 10 users. This should improve the stability and quality of the tools. These tools are free and...
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Microsoft patches new Windows Kerberos vulnerability CVE-2020-16996 with Dec...
[German]With the December 2020 updates, Microsoft is making another attempt to use a layered approach to address the new Kerberos vulnerability CVE-2020-16996 in Active Directory Domain Controllers...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Builds 20277 und 21277
[German]Microsoft has released not one but two Insider Preview builds, the 20277 and the 21277, of Windows 10 in the Dev Channel for testing on December 10, 2020. Here’s some information. Things are a...
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Exploit for Kerberos authentication vulnerability CVE-2020-17049
[German]A security researcher from NetSPI, who discovered the Kerberos authentication vulnerability CVE-2020-17049, has now published the details as well as an exploit. Anyone running an affected...
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Windows 10 version 1903 reaches end of support, upgrade to successor version
[German]Microsoft’s Windows 10 version 1903, released in spring 2019, has now reached the end of support. Systems still running this Windows 10 version will now be migrated to newer Windows 10 versions...
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Windows 10 20H2: Update KB4592438 blocks VMware ThinApp
[German]Windows 10 20H2 administrators using VMware ThinApp should beware. I have received feedback from users that after installing update KB4592438, VMware ThinApps no longer starts. Here’s an...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20279
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 20279 for Windows Insiders in the Developer Channel as of December 14, 2020. This build is largely identical to build 20277, which was released...
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Windows 10 2004/20H2: Thunderbolt NVMe BSOD bug fixed
[German]Another topic I like to cover. With the update KB4586853 for Windows 10 2004 and 20H2, Microsoft also addressed the bug that caused bluescreens on Thunderbolt NVMe SSD units. The upgrade block...
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Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages file system on SSDs with Update KB4592438...
[German]In Windows 10 20H2 with installed cumulative update KB4592438, chkdsk causes massive issues. It destroys the file system during a disk check on SSDs, so Windows 10 can’t start after a reboot....
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