Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (December 14, 2021)
[German]On December 14, 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) were...
View ArticleWindows 10/11-Updates blocks tools to redirect Edge protocol associations
[German]They did, with the December 2021 security updates, tools that allow Edge log redirection to other browsers were blocked. Tools like EdgeDeflector are thus simply blocked and the user has to...
View ArticleWindows 10 Version 21H2 Security Baseline
[German]Microsoft has updated the so-called Security Baseline (a tool for security administrators in companies) for Windows 10 version 21H2 and released it generally. In the current version, not only...
View ArticleWindows: Issues with Expired Updates, Print jobs hangs, Forced restart after...
[German]Today a small collection of problems that have just come to my attention in the Windows environment. Windows 10 clients stumble across expired updates that cannot be installed because Microsoft...
View ArticlePatchday: Windows 10 Updates (January 11, 2022)
[German]On January 11, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) were...
View ArticleWindows VPN connections (L2TP over IPSEC) broken after January 2022 update
[German]The security updates for Windows released on January 11, 2022 have a very unpleasant collateral damage. All users who rely on VPN connections with L2TP over IPSEC will no longer work after...
View ArticleWindows 10/Server: Out-of-band Updates fixes Jan. 2022 patch day issues (Jan....
[German]Microsoft has also released a slew of security updates for Windows 10 and its server counterparts on January 17, 2022. These are supposed to fix the DC boot loop problem, as well as the IPSec...
View ArticleWindows 10: Outlook search broken again or fixed by Microsoft? (Jan. 2022)
[German]Are you experiencing still (or again) issues with Outlook desktop search on Windows 10, after installing the January 2022 updates? I got reports from German blog readers about this issue (mails...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 10/11 in Hyper-V 2nd Generation
[German]Installing Windows 10 or Windows 11 in virtual environments can present some challenges. Depending on the hypervisor, the installation may even fail completely. Blog reader Thomas S. emailed me...
View ArticleWindows 10 20H2 will be upgraded to Windows 21H2 (January 20, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has adjusted its machine learning programs so that machines running Windows 10 version 20H2 are now updated more broadly and automatically to Windows version 21H2. This is Microsoft's...
View ArticleWindows 10 / Windows Server Preview Update (Jan. 25, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released some optional, cumulative (preview) updates on January 25, 2022 (D-Week). These are intended to fix various bugs in Windows 10, Windows 11 and in the corresponding...
View ArticlePatchday: Windows 10 Updates (February 8, 2022)
[German]On February 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) were...
View ArticleFujitsu computer: Windows restart after shutdown
[German]Blog reader Timo J. informed me about a special observation on February 7, 2022. He observed that since that date certain Fujitsu computers (P400 E85+) simply boot up again after shutdown, as...
View ArticleEnd of support for older Visual Studio versions in April 2022, and in May for...
[German]Last week, or rather in the last few days, Microsoft has already pointed out that certain products will reach the end of support in a few months and will no longer receive updates. This...
View ArticleWindows Update Error 0x8024001E
[German]It happens again and again that the update installation under Windows 10, Windows 11 or the Windows Server counterparts suddenly aborts with the installation error 0x8024001E. Then, of course,...
View ArticleWindows 10 / Windows Server Preview Updates (Feb. 15, 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released optional, cumulative (preview) updates on February 15, 2022 (C-Week). These are intended to correct various bugs in Windows 10, Windows 11 and in the corresponding...
View ArticleWindows 10: Update KB5001716 for update service components (Feb. 2022)
[German]Microsoft has released the update KB5001716 for machines with older Windows 10 versions. The update updates the Update Service components so that the machine can be updated to a newer Windows...
View ArticleWindows 10/11 (21H2): Wipe does not delete user data
[English]Microsoft offers the possibility to reset a system with Windows 10 or Windows 11 to factory settings locally or remotely (via Intune). There is also the option to remove the user files. This...
View ArticleMicrosoft confirms wipe issue on resetting Windows 10/11 (20H2 – 21H2)
[German]In Windows 10 and Windows 11, there is an issue with certain builds when resetting the operating system. Even if the option to delete all files with was selected, these (user) files remain...
View ArticlePatchday: Windows 10-Updates (March 8, 2022)
[German]On March 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) were...
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