Windows 10: Update plans explained
[German]Microsoft has published some explanation when Feature updates for Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 will be released and may be rolled out within enterprise environmentss. The release schedule for...
View ArticleWindows 10: Mail & Calendar app deletes GMail
[German]The Mail & Calendar app included with Windows 10 is causing a steady stream of issues. Constantly something is broken, now there are reports that the app deletes GMail entries or is causing...
View ArticleWindows 10: Juni 2020 Updates causes BSOD in lsass.exe
[German]Various updates from Windows 10 version 1809 on, which were released in June 2020 al security updates or to correct a printing bug, may cause a crash with BlueScreen (BSOD) in the lsass.exe...
View ArticleWindows 10: Insider Preview Build 20152
On June 24, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20152(20H2 development branch) for insiders in the Developer Channel (formerly the Fast Ring). The announcement was made on the...
View ArticleWindows Insider Program changed from Rings to Channels
[German]On June 29, 2020, Microsoft completed the change from ring system to channel delivery for Windows 10 Insider Preview builds. Windows Insiders should now find the options for channel selection....
View ArticlePowerToys 0.19 released
[German]Microsoft released version 0.19 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours ago, on June 30, 2020. These PowerToys are a collectionof free tools and offers additional features for Windows 10....
View ArticleWindows 10: Critical codec vulnerabilities patched
[German]Microsoft has patched vulnerabilities CVE-2020-1425 and CVE-2020-1457 in the Windows Codecs Library in an emergency update on 30 June 2020. This affects Windows 10 and its Windows Server...
View ArticleWindows 10: Insider Preview Build 20161 in Dev Channel
[German]On July 1, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20161 for insiders in the Developer Channel. This is the first build that was released after switching to the channels....
View ArticleAddenum to the out-of-band Windows Codecs Library security patch via store
[German]On June 30, 2020, Microsoft had rolled out emergency updates for vulnerabilities CVE-2020-1425 and CVE-2020-1457 in the Windows Codecs Library. Today I post an addendum, as there are still...
View ArticlePowerToys 0.19.1 announced
[German]Microsoft announced version 0.19.1 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours ago. These tools are free and offer additional features for Windows 10. 0.19.1 is scheduled for release on June...
View ArticlePowerToys 0.19.1 with bug fixes (change log)
[German]Since July 7, 2020, Microsoft has rolled out version 0.19.1 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users. This is a maintenance update which should fix several bugs. I had announced the release of the...
View ArticleNew Windows Kernel Data Protection (KDP)
[German]Microsoft is currently testing a new Kernel Data Protection Technology (KDP) with Windows 10 insiders. According to Microsoft, this is intended to prevent malware or attackers from modifying...
View ArticleNetwork drive mapping issues after Windows 7 Upgrade to Windows 10 V2004?
[German]Brief question to the round of Windows 10 users who have updated machines from Windows 7 SP1 to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004 version). Will there be network issues after the upgrade?...
View ArticleMedia Feature Pack Windows 10 N 2004
[German]For users with a Windows 10 N variant, Microsoft has released the Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 N version 2004. Here is some information about this topic and how to obtain this pack. What...
View ArticleWindows 10 V2004 still blocked on some Surfaces
[German]Currently, some Surface users (Surface Laptop 3 for instance) with Windows 10 suffer from the fact that the upgrade to the latest version 2004 is not offered – the upgrade ist still blocked....
View ArticleWindows 10: Is Microsoft creating Chaos with Edge Alt+Tab test?
[German]Brief Information for Windows 10 users. Microsoft is currently testing with some Windows Insiders in the Insider Preview Build 20161, in addition to the new Start menu, also the new assignment...
View ArticlePatchday: Windows 10-Updates (July 14, 2020)
[German]On July 14, 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...
View ArticleWindows 10: New 20H2 Insider Preview in Beta Channel
As of July 14, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview 19042.388 (20H2 development branch) for insiders on the Beta Channel (formerly the Slow Ring). The whole thing comes as cumulative...
View ArticleWindows 10 Insider Preview 20170
On July 15, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20170 for insiders in the Developer Channel. The announcement was made in the Windows Blog, where references to this build can...
View ArticlePowerToys 0.19.2 released
[German]I had announced the release of the PowerToys update of version 0.19.1 in the article PowerToys 0.19.1 announced. On July 14, 2020 Microsoft has already rolled out version 0.19.2 of the...
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