Tag Archives: device

Need a Lenovo BIOS simualator?

Posted on 2025-01-02 by guenni

[German]A little tip for people who may need to document BIOS settings for Lenovo devices. Lenovo offers a BIOS simulator that allows you to retrieve all settings via the Internet and document them with a screenshot.

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German CERT also warns of massive wave of attacks on Citrix Netscaler gateways (Dec. 2024)

Posted on 2024-12-13 by guenni

[German]A few days ago, I warned in the blog post Massive wave of attacks on Citrix Netscaler gateways since 5, and 6, Dec. 2024? about a massive wave of attempted attacks on Citrix Netscaler gateways since around Dec. 5, 2024. … Continue reading →

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Deye deactivates solar inverters in USA, UK and Pakistan

Posted on 2024-11-28 by guenni

[German]This is a critical issue that I have come across recently and illustrates the risk of IT shutdowns by vendors/manufacturers or countries. The Chinese manufacturer Deye, also represented in German balcony power plants and solar system installations with inverters, has … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: Fix for Synaptics audio issue on HP Prodesk 600 G4

Posted on 2024-11-27 by guenni

[German]If you own a business PC HP Prodesk 600 G4 with Windows 11 23H2, you could run into problems when upgrading to Windows 11 24H2. The sound from the Synaptics audio unit is missing after the upgrade because the driver … Continue reading →

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Valetudo: Taming spying automatic robot vacuum cleaner

Posted on 2024-11-03 by guenni

[German]Automatic robot vacuum cleaners are now in many households. The devices are collecting many data and can spying on a user environment. How can the owner of such an appliance prevent data from flowing into the manufacturer's cloud? I have … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: Installation fails on some ASUS devices

Posted on 2024-10-21 by guenni

[German]Owners of ASUS computers that appear to be formally compatible with Windows 11 24H2 will still not receive the feature upgrade. In the spirit of "the unexpected often happens", Microsoft has discovered that installation is failing on some devices from … Continue reading →

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Huawei kicks Windows and delivers PCs with HarmonyOS

Posted on 2024-10-06 by guenni

[German]Chinese manufacturer Huawei has announced that it will soon be ditching Microsoft Windows and shipping its devices with its own HarmonyOS.

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Incorrect firmware updates break HPE servers (ProLiant MicroServer Gen 10 Plus)

Posted on 2024-09-21 by guenni

[German]Anyone still using an older HPE MicroServer Gen 10 Plus must be careful when installing firmware updates. It is probably possible to install the wrong firmware on the devices. As a result, the ProLiant MicroServer Gen 10 Plus in question … Continue reading →

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Review of HP Probooks 445 G7 and 455 G7 bricked with BIOS update

Posted on 2024-08-27 by guenni

[German]Hewlett Packard (HP) has released a broken BIOS version 01.17.00 that turns notebooks of the HP Probook 445 G7 and 455 G7 models from 2020 into expensive paperweights. An affected reader has subsequently contacted us again and described some advice … Continue reading →

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QNAP: Released QTS 5.2 with Security Center

Posted on 2024-08-22 by guenni

[German]Vendor QNAP has released its QTS 5.2 operating system for NAS drives on August 21, 2024. One new feature is the Security Center, which actively monitors file activity and is designed to ward off threats from encrypting ransomware. The improved … Continue reading →

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