Tag Archives: Internet

Windows 10: Bug prevents (VPN) Internet access

Posted on 2020-03-27 by guenni

[German]There is a bug in all still supported versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019 – caused by recent updates. This can prevent applications from connecting to the Internet. A bugfix is not expected before April 2020.

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Windows 10 says ‘No Internet’, but Internet is working

Posted on 2020-02-24 by guenni

[German]Strange behavior: Windows 10 reports, that no Internet connection is available. However, users can surf the Internet with a web browser and viee web pages without any problems.

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Donate for the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)

Posted on 2019-12-03 by guenni

The Internet Archive (Wayback-Machine) archives websites – and digitizes books. Currently, 384 billion websites (60 petabytes) have been archived before being forgotten (because websites are deleted). 150 employees worldwide keep the project going. Currently, donations are being collected to keep … Continue reading →

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Tip: Troubleshooting TLS/SSL issues

Posted on 2019-04-23 by guenni

What can we do, if Internet pages are not accessible due to TLS issues and the browser only displays error messages because communication via TLS/SSL fails?

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Windows Server 2019 comes with full LEDBAT support

Posted on 2018-07-30 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced the general availability of LEDBAT for the upcoming Windows Server 2019 version. But LEDBAT can already be used in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 optional in an experimental mode.

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Events ID 4231 and 4227 Tcpip – no internet connection

Posted on 2016-12-20 by guenni

Some Windows 10 users are facing a curious issue: The internet connection fails once a day – and isn't revocable. Inspecting event protocol shows entries with ID 4231 and 4227.

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Web of Trust harvesting and selling user’s surfing data

Posted on 2016-11-07 by guenni

Browser add-on Web of Trust (WoT) has been harvesting an selling user's surfing data without anonymising it. After this incident was uncovered, WoT was dropped from Firefox and Google.

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