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Petya-Mischa Ransomware variant GoldenEye
[German]Petya-Mischa ransomware seems to return as “GoldenEye”, hitting German companies. Currently the e-mail spam campaign spreading GoldenEye addresses German speaking users so far. Human resources...
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Activate Build-in Administrator account in Windows – I
[German]The most stupid thing for a Windows user happens, if he blocked himself from accessing the administrative account. Then all administrative tasks are blocked. Instead of “reinstalling Windows”,...
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Activate Build-in Administrator account in Windows – II
[German]In part 1 I’ve shown, how to activate the Windows build-in account “Administrator” using registry editor within Windows PE. In case that doesn’t fit, you can also use the approach discussed...
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Windows: Yes button in user account controls is disabled
[German]Windows is using user account control since Windows Vista to grant administrative privileges. But some users are facing a strange behavior: The user account control dialog box is invoked during...
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Windows error 0x80070008 or 0x8007000E
Some Windows users are facing error code 0x80070008 or 0x8007000E during Windows Update. Others are receiving those error codes during Windows Backup. Here are a few hints, what causes those error...
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Revisions December 2016
Microsoft has revised several security bulletins from October and November 2016- Here are what’s revised and why. Microsoft listet the following security bulletins as revised on December 9, 2016....
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Microsoft Security-Bulletin and Updates December 2016
Microsoft has released 12 Security Bulletins at December 13, 2016 describing vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office, Flash Player, and .NET Framework. Here are the details about...
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Windows 7/8.1/10: error side-by-side configuration is incorrect
[German]Sometimes users of Windows (from Windows 7 up to Windows 10) are receiving an error message “side-by-side configuration is incorrect” during installing a new software. Here a few hints, what’s...
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Windows: optional update ‘Intel – System – 8/19/2016’
[German]Currently users of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and related Windows Server pendants are offered an optional update ‘Intel – System – 8/19/2016’. There is not much information provided...
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Stop Windows from installing updates over and over again
[German]Sometimes Windows update keeps installing the same update over and over again. Here is a fix how to stop that endless update loop. It’s mandatory, that Windows still is able to boot up and the...
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Blue screen stop code 0x00000116 (nvlddmkm.sys)
[German]Some Windows users are receiving a blue screen with stop code 0x00000116, and a shutdown is forced. Within this blog post I have collected a few information about this error. I became aware of...
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Windows 10: New update troubleshooter app and site
[German]Microsoft has made another step to assist Windows users to fix update errors. A new trouble shooting website and an extended trouble shooting app for Windows 10 users are offered. Fix Windows...
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Windows 10: Volume control is missing
[German]Sometimes users are missing volume control icon in taskbars status area. This blog post addresses this issue and provides diagnostics steps to fix that issue. Windows 10 (and also previous...
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No end for Cerber Ransomware in 2017
Cerber Ransomware has been on the raise in 2016. There has been several campaigns – and the worse thing: it seems that Cerber won’t fade away in 2017. A fake credit card email campaigns addressed...
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Windows: UAC opens hidden in background
Just a brief blog post about a rare Windows issue. Some users are facing a strange problem: The UAC prompt won’t be shown – it opens invisible in background. I came across this issue due to a post in...
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Windows 10: System restore fails with error 0x81000203
[German]Does system restore refuses to work in Windows 10 (or other Windows versions) and stalls with error code 0x81000203? Here a few hints, what’s the reason. Recently I stumbled upon a post in...
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How to fix Windows-Setup Hard Disk locked error
[German]Some users are facing a bad surprise during re-installing Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 on a machine. Setup fails and reports a “locked hard disk”. Here are a few hints, how to solve this issue....
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Tip: Tools SetACL and Delproof2 now are free for commercial use
Developer Helge Klein recently announced, that his two Windows tools SetACL and Delproof2 are now free to use, both for individuals and corporations (for commercial use). Delprof2, delete user profies...
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Microsoft SQL Server v.Next CTP 1.2 available
Last week Microsoft announced SQL Server next version CTP 1.2 is now available. SQL Server (SQL Server v.Next) Community Technology Preview (CTP) 1.2 is available on both Windows and Linux. SQL Server...
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Word/Office can’t launch PDF converter
[German]Recently I came across a post from a MVP colleague, mention a curious error in Word 2013. On a customers system it wasn’t possible, to use the PDF converter from Word. The error description On...
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