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August 2019 Updates: Issues with VB6, VBA and VBScript
[German]As of August 2019, Microsoft will cut VBScript support in Internet Explorer. Now there are problems with the Windows security updates from August 2019 in connection with Visual Basic (VB6, VBA...
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Beware of Dism++ with Windows customizations
[German]A brief note for fans of the software tool Dism ++. You can get into a lot of trouble with this tool when customizing Windows installations. Here a few things I became aware of. What is Dism++?...
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Windows 10 V1903: Install errors with Update KB4512508
[German]There are user reports that the update KB4512508 of August 13, 2019 for Windows 10 Version 1903 can lead to various error aborts during installation. Sites like Bleeping Computer or Windows...
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Windows 10 V1903 Bitlocker issue: TPM 2.0 drops error 10
[German]Is there an issue with the Trusted Platform Module 2.0 on Windows 10 version 1903? I got reports that TPM is causing error code 10 in Device Manager. Then of course Bitlocker does not work...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18963 (20H1) released
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18963 (from development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in Fast Ring. The announcement with details about new features/changes and bugs can be...
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Fix for VB6, VBA, VBScript bug?
[German]On August 16, 2019, Microsoft released updated updates for Windows to fix issues with VB6, VBA, and VBScript. On August 17, 2019 more updates for Windows 10 has been released. What’s the point?...
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Windows 10 V1903: Update install error 0x80073701 confirmed
[English]Microsoft has confirmed installation error 0x80073701 on Windows 10 version 1903 (May 2019 update) when installing updates to known issues. Users who tried to install the KB4512508 update on...
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Windows 10: Updates August 16/17, 2019
[German]Microsoft released several cumulative updates (e.g. KB4512494) for Windows 10 on August 16 and 17, 2019. These are not security updates, but are intended to correct various issues. For a list...
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Microsoft fixes the Windows Defender sfc bug (August 2019)
[English]Microsoft has just fixed the error caused by Defender when executing the command sfc /scannow. Here is some information on this topic. Since July 2019 all Windows versions are affected by a...
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Windows 10: Fix for slow Internet Explorer 11 start
[German]Microsoft has confirmed an issue (slow start) related to Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10. The issue occurred last Friday due to a server outage, but has been fixed. I took this as an...
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Windows 7/8.1 Preview Rollup Updates (August 17, 2019)
[German]On August 17, 2019, Microsoft Preview released Rollup Updates for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. At the same time, a preview rollup update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012/ R2...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18362.10014/10015 (19H2)
Microsoft has just released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18362.10014 and Build 18362.10015 in the Slow Ring. Both builds belong to the 19H2 development branch, which will lead to a new Windows...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 and a WSUS SHA-2 issue
[German]Brief information for administrators in corporate environments who manage updates with WSUS. A blog reader told me about a problem he ran into. A bug in the WSUS SHA-2 update prevents certain...
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Windows 10: Is Microsoft removing Flash support?
[German]A German blog reader dropped a bomb within a comment. He claims, that ‘Microsoft will no longer support security updates in Windows 10, Flash will be removed from Windows 10’. Here is a look at...
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Windows 10 V1803: Update KB4512509 (08/19/2019)
[German]Microsoft released a KB4512509 cumulative update for Windows 10 on August 17, 2019. This fixes several issues, including problems running VB6, VBA, and VBscript. For a list of updates, visit...
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Windows 7: Reinstallation causes boot error 0xc0000428
[German]Users reinstalling Windows 7 SP1 may get the boot error 0xc0000428. This can be caused by a missing Bitlocker patch. Here is some information about the problem and why it might occur. The error...
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Microsoft released 1st Edge-Beta, also for Windows 7
Microsoft has released the first beta of the Chromium-based Edge browser for various Windows versions. Users of Windows 7 can now also test this beta of the browser. The announcement of the first beta...
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Symantec releases a patch for the SHA-2 bug in Windows 7
[English]Antivirus vendor Symantec has released a patch to fix the update issue on Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2. Distribution is scheduled for August 21, 2019 for various language versions, the...
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Microcode Updates for Windows 10 (08/13/2019)
[German]Another addendum from last week. Microsoft has released some Intel Microcode updates for Windows 10. The updates were released last week on the regular patchday. The colleagues from German site...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18965 (20H1) released
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18965 (aus dem Entwicklungszweig 20H1) (from development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in the Fast Ring. The announcement with details about...
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