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Windows 10 Update: Fix for Remote Desktop Smartcard Authentication (also...
[German]As part of the October 2021 patchday wrap-up, I'd like to bring up a second topic in addition to the post Microsoft confirms Windows network printing issue after October 2021 updates. Microsoft...
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Windows 10 V1809 Preview Update (2021/10/19)
[German]As of October 19, 2021 (3rd Tuesday of the month, C-Week), Microsoftein has released an optional cumulative (preview) update for Windows 10 version 1809. I haven't found anything about the...
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Windows 10 21H2 (November 2021 Update) ISO
[German]Microsoft has provided an ISO installation file of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Update (version 21H2) for Windows Insiders this week and also revealed the name. I have been asked here on the...
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Windows 10 V2004-21H1 Preview Update (2021/10/26)
[German]As of October 26, 2021 (4th Tuesday of the month, D-Week), Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update for Windows 10 version 2004 through version 21H1. I haven't found...
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Windows 11 PC Health Check App will be installed as Windows 10 Update KB5005463
[German]Microsoft has started to automatically install its PC Health Check app on Windows 10 systems via Windows Update. The update KB5005463 installs the app automatically. The controversial app can...
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Windows 10 Pro: Issues after installing updates from Oct. 2021
[German]I'm posting a reader's observation about Windows 10 here for information and discussion on the blog. The October 2021 security updates have caused one of my German blog readers to notice that...
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Notebooks (Acer, Lenovo) suddenly fails with "no bootable device" (Oct. 2021)
[German]It looks like the last few days devices from Acer, Lenovo etc. with Windows suddenly refuse to boot with "no bootable device". The cause is not quite clear yet – it could have been a Windows...
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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 RTM, released to OEMs
[German]I had also reported in the blog post Windows 11 IoT Enterprise only with 36 months support that the Windows 10 IoT Enterprise would be available soon. Microsoft has now announced in this...
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Windows 11 also floods folders with empty TMP directory garbage
[German]Microsoft promised, with Windows 11 everything will be better, more beautiful and faster – at least if you believe Microsoft's marketing. The only thing that is a bit stupid is that the...
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WSUS displays all Windows 11 clients as Windows 10 Enterprise
[German]Quick question for the WSUS administrators under my blog readers who may already have Windows 11 clients integrated in WSUS. Right now there is some confusion about managing Windows 11 clients...
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Microsoft's deployment of Windows 10 21H1, 21H2, and Windows 11
[German]It's November 2021, time to take a look at the state of affairs regarding the distribution of feature updates. Microsoft started updating more compatible Windows 10 machines to Windows 11 a few...
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Update Service components Update KB4023057 for Windows 10 / 11 (Nov. 2021)
[German]Microsoft has again released the preparation update KB4023057 (Update for Windows Update service components) for machines with Windows 10/11 on November 5, 2021. The update is supposed to...
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DRM breaks games on Windows 10 and 11 Alder Lake PCs
[German]Owners of PCs equipped with the Intel Alder Lake CPU could run into trouble when playing games. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection breaks games under Windows 10 and Windows 11,...
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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (November 9, 2021)
[German]On November 9, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to the current version 21H1) were...
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Windows 10/Windows Server: Out-of-band updates fixes DC authentification...
[German]Microsoft has released unscheduled, so-called out-of-band updates for various versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 / 2019 as well as Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2...
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Windows 10/11: Installer issues with app updates or repair
[German]Microsoft once again had to admit to a problem that affects both Windows 10 from version 2004 and Windows 11. After installing an update, the MSI installer may cause trouble, as both repairing...
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Windows 10: Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities in Update Assistant; and...
[German]Short addendum from this week. Microsoft has issued a security warning for November 16, 2021. It states that the Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege has security vulnerabilities....
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Windows 10 21H2 ADMX templates released (Nov. 2021)
[German]Microsoft released the Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2) last week (see Windows 10 November 2021 Update (21H2) released). Now, as of November 19, 2021, they have also updated the Windows...
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0-Day LPE Vulnerability in Windows Installer (Nov. 2021)
[German]A security researcher has found a 0-day vulnerability in Windows Installer that allows a local attacker to gain administrative privileges. The 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege'...
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Windows 10 Updates fixes network printer errors and other bugs (Nov. 22, 2021)
[German]On November 22, 2021, Microsoft released several optional cumulative updates for Windows 10 version 1809 (LTSC, Server) as well as version 2004 to 21H2 (and Server) that are supposed to fix...
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