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Windows 10/11: XPS documents cannot be opened after update
[German]Microsoft has informed its users of Windows 10, Windows 11 and various Windows Server versions about a new bug introduced via update. One is affected when one suddenly cannot open XPS documents...
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Microsoft Security Update Summary (August 9, 2022)
[German]On August 9, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. The security updates also eliminate 118...
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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (August 9, 2022)
[German]On August 9, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to the current version)....
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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022-Updates (August 9, 2022)
[German]On August 9 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which will be released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed...
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Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (August 9, 2022)
[German] Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 on Patchday. Here is an overview of these updates for...
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Exchange Server Security updates (August 9, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019, effective August 9. These updates are required to address vulnerabilities...
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Cisco admits hack (in May 2022) and publishes details
[German]US vendor Cisco was the victim of a cyber attack in May 2022, in which attackers were able to penetrate the company's IT infrastructure. As of August 10, 2022, Cisco has made this attack public...
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Internet Explorer 11: Update KB5016618 (August 9, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released a security update (KB5016618) for Internet Explorer on August 9, 2022. However, this is only available separately for selected Windows versions as a cumulative update....
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Windows: "Service host: Local system" runs with high CPU/disk load after boot...
[German]German blog reader Willi B. contacted me by mail the days because he ran into a problem under Windows 8.1. Since one of the last updates he has the problem that the service "Service Host: Local...
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Windows Defender Credential Guard Update and Revisions (August 9, and 15, 2022)
[German]Microsoft also patched Windows Defender Credential Guard on patchday, August 9, 2022, with the security updates. Both an elevation of privilege vulnerability and a security feature bypass...
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RDS issues after Windows update KB5015808
[German]I am posting an issue here on the blog that was reported recently to me by a blog reader. He is experiencing massive issues with his Server 2016 based RDS infrastructure after installing update...
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Windows Server 2022 Preview Update KB5016693 (August 16, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5015879 for Windows Server 2022 as of August 16, 2022 (C-Week). Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows...
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Update KB5012170 for Secure Boot DBX causes Bitlocker issues
[English]I'll pull out one issue separately, which I had already covered in the blog with a note. The update KB5012170 released by Microsoft on August 9, 2022 causes problems on some systems. Security...
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Sysinternals: Updates for Sysmon, AccessEnum, and Coreinfo
It seems that the developers have released an updated version of the free Sysinternals tools Sysmon, AccessEnum and Coreinfo on August 16, 2022. I already came across this fact the days via the...
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Windows 10 20H2 till 21H2: Update KB5015878 causes audio issues
[German]The preview update released in July 2022 or later updates can cause audio issues on Windows 10 (version 20H2 to 21H1) on various devices. Microsoft has since acknowledged this issue and...
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Windows 11: Upcoming version is probably called "Windows 11 2022 Update"
[German]Windows 11, which was released a year ago, will get a feature update at the end of September or in October 2022. It still runs internally as Windows 11, version 22H2, but Microsoft seems to...
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VMware Carbon Black creates BSOD in Windows (August 2022)
[German]VMware users running Carbon Black Cloud Sensor version 3.6.0.1979 – 3.8.0.398 were greeted with blue screens on their Windows systems as of August 23, 2022. The cause is an update for Carbon...
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Windows 11: Preview update KB5016691 (August 25, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5016691 for Windows 11 on August 25. Other preview updates for Windows are described in separate posts. Below I provide an...
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Windows 10 Preview Update KB5016690 (August 23, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5016690 as of August 23, 2022 (D-Week). This is intended to fix numerous bugs in Windows Server 2019 as well as Windows 10...
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Will Microsoft provide ESU support for Windows 7/8.1 and Server beyond...
[German]I'll take up a topic that is latently bubbling in the background: Will support for Windows 7 SP1 as well as Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 8.1 expire in January 2023? Or will there be a...
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