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Windows 10 V1909: Installation of update KB5003635 fails
[German]Today another small blog post about installation problems with Windows 10 updates with a surprising cause. I came across a case where the installation of update KB5003635 fails on Windows 10...
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Windows 10 2004-21H1: Preview Updates (June, 21, 2021)
[German]Following the preview update for Windows 10 V1909 (see Windows 10 V1909: Update KB5003698 released (June 15, 2021), Microsoft has released another optional cumulative (preview) update for...
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Windows 10: Microsoft confirms issues with June 2021 security update
[German]There are issues with the installation of the security updates from June 2021 in Windows 10, because the patches cannot be installed. I had already addressed this some time ago after readers’...
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Windows 10 2004-21H1: Update KB500476 fixes PDF issues
[German]As of June 29, 2021, Microsoft has released a special update (D-Week) for Windows 10 versions 2004, 20H2 and 21H1. This update, which is not rolled out via Windows Update, is intended to fix...
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Windows 10, the WSUS and the SSU+LCU detection chaos
[German] I already talked about problems in connection with the June 2021 update for Windows 10 within some blog posts. If updates required as a prerequisite are missing, the installation will causes...
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Out-of-Band Update closes Windows PrintNightmare Vulnerability (July 6, 2021)
[German]As of July 6, 2021, in addition to the regular Office updates (see Microsoft Office Patchday (July 6, 2021), Fix for Outlook Crashes), Microsoft has also released an emergency update to close...
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Windows 10: Microsoft fixes Zebra & Dymo printer issues caused by update...
[German]After installing updates (e.g. KB5004945, KB5003690, KB5004760), some decicated to close the vulnerabilities in the print spooler service, systems with label printers from Zebra and Dymo...
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Windows 10 Release Health page now avialable in 10 languages
[German]A little news to end the week, which would not have occurred to me if Microsoft had not made it public. On 9 Jul9 2021, Microsoft proudly announced that its Windows Release Health status page...
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Windows 10 Feature Upgrade ends with a non bootable media
[German]Today another blog post from the category “Windows 10, the mysterious update experience”. A blog reader recently drew my attention to a new “upgrade experience” (that’s what Microsoft calls...
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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (July 13, 2021)
[German]On July 13, 2021 (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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Windows 10 21H2 announced and first Insider Preview released
[German]Microsoft has announced the next Windows 10 feature update to version 21H2 on July 15, 2021. This is supposed to be generally released in the second half of 2021 – I assume in October....
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Windows Hello login bypassed via infrared photo
[German]Security researchers from CyberArk have managed to trick Windows 10’s Hello login (also included in Windows 11) in terms of logging in via facial recognition. All they needed was an infrared...
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Windows 10 upgrade breaks SAM access rights from 1809 upward, user access...
[German]It seems that Windows 10 feature updates from version 1809 up to the current version 21H1 change the access rights to the SAM database so that non-administrative users can access it. The cause...
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HiveNightmare: New details about Windows vulnerability CVE-2021-36934
[German]Windows 10 has a serious vulnerability CVE-2021-36934 as of version 1809, which allows the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database to be read via VSS shadow copies. This opens the door for...
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Windows 10: Update installation error due to missing graphics driver update
[German]In this blog post, I take up the case of a blog reader who, with a Windows 10 Pro system (it was a Medion brand device – a German subsidiary of Lenovo), faced the problem that the monthly...
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News about Windows 10 vulnerability HiveNightmare
[German]Microsoft has revised the security advisory for the HiveNightmare vulnerability in Windows 10 (from version 1809) this week. I also have an analysis of the vulnerability from Sophos. And...
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Windows 10: July 2021 update may cause printing issues with SmartCard...
[German]The Windows 10 security updates released on July 13, 2021 for the regular patchday (see Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (July 13, 2021)) may cause printing issues in certain scenarios. Printing...
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Out-of-band updates fixes Windows printing issues (July 27, 2021)
[German]Microsoft has released unscheduled updates for Windows 10 version 1809, as well as Windows 7 SP1 (with ESU) and Windows Server 2008 SP2 (with ESU), effective July 27, 2021. These special...
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Windows 10: Reliability update KB4023057 re-released (July 2021)
[German]Microsoft has once again released the preparation update KB4023057 for machines with Windows 10 in July 2021. The update is supposed to improve the reliability of the Windows Update service,...
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Windows 10 2004-21H1: Preview Update KB5004296 (July 29, 2021)
[German]Microsoft has released another optional cumulative (preview) update for Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1, as well as their Windows Server counterparts, as of July 29, 2021. The update...
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