Windows 10 1909: Intune bugfix in BitLocker Key Rotation
Microsoft has just released a fix for Intune. The fix fix fixes a bug in the BitLocker Key Rotation when managing Windows 10 version 1909 systems with Intune. Until now, anyone managing Windows 10...
View ArticleWindows 10/Server 2016: Security policy Inactivity limit does not work
[English]A German blog reader noticed that the local security policies for locking a user account during inactivity seem to stop working on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and 2019. I’m going to put...
View ArticleWindows 10: Is Microsoft planning yearly feature updates?
[German]Until now, Microsoft uses it’s semi annual Windows 10 feature update as a credo, made in stone. Now there are signs that Microsoft intends to switch to a ‘one feature update per year’. The semi...
View ArticleWindows 10 Updates KB4559004, KB4559003 (July 21, 2020)
[German]As of July 21, 2020 (3rd Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released several optional cumulative updates for Windows 10 and its Windows Server counterparts. Here is an overview of the...
View ArticleUniversal (Cloud) Print Preview available
[German]Microsoft has just released a public preview of its Universal Pint solution. Universal Print is a Microsoft 365 service designed to provide users with intuitive and secure printing in the cloud...
View ArticleWindows 10 Insider Preview Build 20175 released
On July 22, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20175 (20H2 development branch) for insiders in the Developer Channel (formerly the Fast Ring). The announcement with...
View ArticleWindows 10 Build 20175 ISO and AMD-Preview block [solved]
[German]On July 22, 2020, Microsoft not only released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20175. An ISO installation file was also released. In addition, there were load restrictions to install the...
View ArticleWindows 10: Forced update to 2004 for old versions?
[German]Currently, it looks like Microsoft is opening all the floodgates on Windows 10 and forcing machines with older operating system versions to upgrade to the current Windows 10 version. Here is...
View ArticleWindows 10: Insider Preview Build 19042.421 released
As of July 24, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview 19042.421 (20H2 development branch) for insiders on the Beta Channel (formerly the Slow Ring). The new release comes as cumulative...
View ArticleWindows 10 2004: Does update KB4557957 enable tablet mode?
[German]In June 2020, Microsoft released the KB4557957 cumulative update for Windows 10 version 2004. As a result, in June or July 2020, some users may have had tablet mode enabled. It’s been a few...
View ArticleWindows 10: Error, 0x80070003/0xC0370400 in Sandbox and WDAG
[German]Users of Windows 10 can be annoyed by two errors in versions 1903 up to 2004. Both the Windows Sandbox and the Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) are affected by errrors 0xC0370400 and...
View ArticleWindows 10 installs .NET Framwork Preview Update KB4562902 withouth user consent
[German]It seems to me that Microsoft no longer really has its update process under control. Forced updates from Windows 10 systems to my builds – and also an installation of optional updates without...
View ArticleWindows 10 Insider Preview Build 20180
[German]On July 29, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20180 for insiders in the Developer Channel. It is the anniversary build, because Windows 10 was released exactly 5...
View ArticleWindows 10 2004: Cumulative Update KB4568831
[German]On July 31, 2020, Microsoft released the cumulative (preview) update KB4568831 for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004) and its Windows Server counterparts. The update is intended to...
View ArticlePowerToys 0.20 with Color Picker released (Change log)
[German]Microsoft released version 0.20 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users on July 31, 2020. Included is a color picker tool (color selector). These tools are free and offer additional features for...
View ArticleWindows 10: Desktop Windows Manager crashes due to DirectX bug
[German]The known bugs in Windows 10 somehow don’t comes to an end. Currently Microsoft has to deal with the problem that the Windows Manager crashes because of a DirectX error. The Desktop Windows...
View ArticleWindows 10 Insider Preview Build 20185
[German]On August 5, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20185 for insiders in the Developer Channel. The announcement with references to the innovations was made in the...
View ArticleWindows 10: Mozilla services cause sporadic freezes/crashes
[German]Brief information for users of Windows 10 who use products like the Firefox browser from Mozilla and suffer from freezes and crashes. This may be due to installed Mozilla software whose update...
View ArticleWindows 10 Insider Preview Build 19042.450 (20H2)
[German]On August 11, 2020, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider PreviewBuild 19042.450 (20H2) for insiders via update KB4566782 in the Beta Channel. The update is intended to fix bugs and...
View ArticlePatchday: Windows 10-Updates (August 11, 2020)
[German]On August 11, 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...
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