Windows 10 Preview Update KB5016688 (August 26, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5016688 on August 26, 2022 (D-Week). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 20H2-21H2. Below I provide an overview...
View ArticleVMware Workstation: UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR error with Windows 11 Insider and...
[German]Users who want to install an Insider Preview of Windows 11 or a Windows Server 2022 under VMware Workstation and run it virtualized are currently running into a problem. The installation of the...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome allows websites to write (without asking) to the Windows clipboard
[German]Maybe the issue is known to one or the other blog reader – it was new to me. Web pages accessed in the Google Chrome browser can write directly to the Windows clipboard without further user...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome: Block list for extensions (ADMX) has changed in build 86
[German]Small information/reminder for administrators who use Google Chrome in corporate environments on Windows and manage the installation of Chrome Extensions by users via group policies. As of...
View ArticleWindows 11/Server 2022: What's new with SMB compression
[German]Brief note for administrators in companies that use Windows 11 as a client and Windows Server 2022. Microsoft has made improvements to SMB compression behavior and changes to settings. This is...
View ArticleMicrosoft's ex-UI chief is shocked about the Windows 11 start menu
[German]Microsoft never tires of selling the "new innovations" in the user interface of Windows 11. Some things are a matter of taste, but occasionally it is also helpful to look at other opinions. A...
View ArticleChrome 105.0.5195.5x fixes 24 vulnerabilities
[German]Google has released the Google Chrome 105.0.5195.52 update for Linux and macOS and 105.0.5195.52/53/54 for Windows on the desktop in the stable channel on August 30, 2022. The security update...
View ArticleExchange Server 2013: Microsoft's tips on decommissioning the systems
[German]Administrators responsible for managing Exchange Server 2013 systems should start planning about replacing these systems. Because in April 2023, its support will expire. Microsoft has now...
View ArticleWindows 10: Creating a Password Reset Disk won't show the wizzard
[German]Strange bug in Windows 10 in the feature "Create password reset disk". A reader pointed out to me that nothing the wizard isn't displayed when he called that feature. I tried to reproduce the...
View ArticleNIC Certification Changes for Windows Server Catalog (Windows Server 2022)
[German]The Microsoft networking team has changed the way network interface cards (NICs) are certified in future for use in Windows Server. This affects vendors who want their drivers for network...
View ArticleWindows Defender reports (false positive) Behaviour:Win32/Hive.ZY (Sept. 4,...
[German]Short note for Windows users who are startled by Microsoft Defender with a virus detection on their system on Sunday (Sept. 4, 2022). For a few hours now, the Microsoft virus scanner has been...
View ArticleMicrosoft fixes Windows false positive Behaviour:Win32/Hive.ZY alarm
[German]Yesterday, Sunday (Sept. 4, 2022), Windows users were very excited when Microsoft Defender reported a Behaviour:Win32/Hive.ZY detection. The whole thing was a false alarm after Microsoft had...
View ArticlePowerToys 0.62 released
[German]Microsoft has released version 0.62 of its free PowerToys for Windows 10 and Windows 11 on September 6, 2022. I haven't reported about these tools and the weekly water levels here in the blog...
View ArticleWindows 10/ 11: Possible daylight saving time changeover issues [in Chile and...
[German]Windows users in Chile could have problems with the daylight saving time changeover in September 2022. At least for Windows 10/11, Microsoft already warns the user community that "strange"...
View ArticleWindows Server 2022: MS 365 apps to be supported
[German]U-turn at Microsoft regarding the support of Microsoft 365 apps (Word, Excel, etc.) on Windows Server 2022. As recently as December 2021, Microsoft had emphasized that there was no support for...
View ArticleWindows 11: Login error for new users fixed (Sept. 2022)
[German]Microsoft has once again fixed a bug in Windows 11 (21H2) that was caused by an update. The bug prevented a user login for a newly created user account. The cause of this problem is the preview...
View ArticleWindows Autopatch Updates September 2022
[German]In a tech community post, Microsoft has introduced some new features that they have introduced for Windows Autopatch. There is a new authentication method that only applies to apps....
View ArticleInternet Explorer: Can't be killed in Windows – PowerPoint won't play videos...
[German]Microsoft wants to retire Internet Explorer as a browser, because the code is too bad and there are too many security issues. But Windows users can't really get rid of it. Because without...
View ArticleHP Support Assistant: Patch a vulnerability (Sept. 2022)
[German]Users of HP machines should respond because their machines have the HP Support Assistant preinstalled by default under Windows. This HP Support Assistant invokes the HP Performance Tune-up tool...
View ArticleWindows Update Error 0x80072F8F
[German]Some Windows users (from Windows 7 up to Windows 11, and also Windows Server pendants) facing the situation, that no longer receive automatic updates. When they investigate the problem, they...
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