Author Archives: guenni

Windows 11: Virtualbox collides with Hyper-V?

Posted on 2025-01-18 by guenni

[German]An unpleasant observation that is being discussed in the Virtualbox community. Virtualbox only works under Windows 11 if Hyper-V has been removed as a platform (and other virtualization functions). Apparently the hypervisors (still) collide. But removing Hyper-V and the other … Continue reading →

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Linux Mint 22.1 released

Posted on 2025-01-17 by guenni

The maintainers of Linux Mint have released version 22.1 (Xia). Linux Mint 22.1 is a version with long-term support until 2029 and brings updated software packages, some refinements and many new features. The release notes with known issues can be … Continue reading →

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Attention: Problems with Windows January 2025 updates and Citrix environments (session recordings)

Posted on 2025-01-17 by guenni

[German]Take care when installing the Windows updates from January 2025 in Citrix environments. Administrators must ensure that the Session Recordings (SR), if installed, are switched off before the update installation. There is a support article from Citrix with some advices … Continue reading →

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Review: Windows Patchday issues January 2025

Posted on 2025-01-17 by guenni

[German]After Microsoft released security updates for Windows on January 14, 2025, there is some feedback on problems. Some systems fail with an installation error, on other systems the update is not offered due to missing SSUs. And there are some … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/Server 2022: SgrmBroker service no longer starts after Jan. 2025 update (KB5049981)

Posted on 2025-01-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has distributed the security update KB5049981 for Windows 10 21H2-22H2 for the January 2025 Patchday (14.1.2025). After installing this update, administrators notice that the SgrmBroker service (broker for runtime monitoring of system monitoring) no longer starts. Administrators also notice … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (January 2025)

Posted on 2025-01-16 by guenni

[German]On January 14, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Non-security updates were released on January 7, … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows Server-Updates (January 14, 2025)

Posted on 2025-01-15 by guenni

[German]On January 14, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below I have extracted the provided updates including some details for these Windows Server versions (from … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10/11 Updates (January 14, 2025)

Posted on 2025-01-15 by guenni

[German]On January 14, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for the still supported versions of the client operating systems Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some details about these updates, which … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 14, 2025)

Posted on 2025-01-14 by guenni

[German]On the Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 14, 2025), Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 159 vulnerabilities (CVEs), eight of which are classified as … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Teams: Are there issues with phone calls/chats (Jan. 2025)?

Posted on 2025-01-14 by guenni

[German]Quick question for the administrators and users of Microsoft Teams 2.0. Have there been any problems with the software in the last few days? A user has contacted me complaining about problems with phone calls via Microsoft Teams that his … Continue reading →

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