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Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (0-day) in all Windows Versions
[German]In all Windows versions, including Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022, there is an unpatched Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. This should have been patched since August 2021, but the...
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Reports say: Microsoft works on a low cost Surface Laptop with Windows 11 SE
[German]There was a report this week that Microsoft is working on a Windows 11 SE. This variant is said to be intended for a low-priced Surface Laptop. Microsoft wants to attack the Chromebook market...
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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 RTM, released to OEMs
[German]I had also reported in the blog post Windows 11 IoT Enterprise only with 36 months support that the Windows 10 IoT Enterprise would be available soon. Microsoft has now announced in this...
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Windows WPBT vulnerability allows Rootkit installation
[German]I would like to once again flush up a security issue that affects users of Windows systems. In September, it became known that a vulnerability in WPBT allows attackers to install a rootkit on...
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Sysinternals Disk2vhd v2.02 released
[German]A brief information for readers who occasionally need to transfer a Windows installation to a virtual machine. Microsoft has released the disk2vhd v2.02 tool in the free Sysinternals suite in...
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Surface Pro 3 and the (Card Blanche) TPM vulnerability
[German]Here is another addendum to the topic "we are becoming more secure with hardware and software". Recently, Microsoft had to admit a TPM vulnerability (Card Blanche) for its Surface Pro 3 and...
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Windows 11 also floods folders with empty TMP directory garbage
[German]Microsoft promised, with Windows 11 everything will be better, more beautiful and faster – at least if you believe Microsoft's marketing. The only thing that is a bit stupid is that the...
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Windows PrintNightmare status Nov. 1, 2021 (KB5006674, KB5006670)
[German]It's November 1, 2021, and the question arises about the status of printing problems in Windows. After all, Microsoft has been patching the PrintNightmare vulnerability since summer, but keeps...
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VMware ESXI 7.0: Windows Server 2012 R2 shows "non-accessible boot device"...
[German]It's an issue that seems to have blown up in some administrators' faces in mid-October 2021. VMware ESXI 7.0 administrators were getting a "non-accessible boot device" error message on...
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How-To: Import OOB Updates in WSUS without IE, but with Microsoft Edge
[German]WSUS administrators are facing issues when it comes to importing updates. For historical reasons, Internet Explorer is normally required for this import. However, Microsoft is relying on the...
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What's new in MDM for Windows 11
[German]With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft also had to supplement and adapt its mobile device management (MDM). In an article What's new in mobile device enrollment and management dated October...
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Windows 10/11: 56 new group policies
Microsoft has introduced a total of 56 new group policies in Windows 10 and Windows 11 with version 21H2 for device management, PrintNightmare, Sandbox, Defender and so on. Wolfgang Sommergut...
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Windows Admin Center v2110 released
[German]Microsoft announced the general availability of its Windows Admin Center v2110 during its Ignite 2021 conference. Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based app for managing...
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WSUS displays all Windows 11 clients as Windows 10 Enterprise
[German]Quick question for the WSUS administrators under my blog readers who may already have Windows 11 clients integrated in WSUS. Right now there is some confusion about managing Windows 11 clients...
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Windows 11: Expired certificates block build-in apps from Nov. 1, 2021
[German]Noch ein kleiner Nachtrag für Leute, die bereits Windows 11 einsetzen und sich wundern, dass einzelne Apps plötzlich nicht mehr funktionieren. Windows 11 ist zwar noch extrem Neu(land), wurde...
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Microsoft's deployment of Windows 10 21H1, 21H2, and Windows 11
[German]It's November 2021, time to take a look at the state of affairs regarding the distribution of feature updates. Microsoft started updating more compatible Windows 10 machines to Windows 11 a few...
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Windows 11: Out-of-band update KB5008295 fixes app start issues (2021/11/05)
[German]Microsoft has released an unscheduled update KB5008295 for Windows 11 as of November 5, 2021. The purpose of this update is to fix the startup issues of the apps shipped with Windows 11. These...
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Update Service components Update KB4023057 for Windows 10 / 11 (Nov. 2021)
[German]Microsoft has again released the preparation update KB4023057 (Update for Windows Update service components) for machines with Windows 10/11 on November 5, 2021. The update is supposed to...
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DRM breaks games on Windows 10 and 11 Alder Lake PCs
[German]Owners of PCs equipped with the Intel Alder Lake CPU could run into trouble when playing games. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection breaks games under Windows 10 and Windows 11,...
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Fix: Chrome/Edge lose pinned icons after updates
[German]With the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers on Windows, it can happen that the pinned tile icon is lost during a version update. There is a simple workaround you can try for pinned...
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