Tag Archives: Windows 8

Windows Legacy DRM deprecated; ActiveX diasbled in Office 2024

Posted on 2024-09-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has once again declared some Windows and Office components as deprecated and will sooner or later switch them off or remove support for them. In addition to the DRM functionality for media content in Windows 7/8, ActiveX in Office … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server May 2018

Posted on 2018-05-09 by guenni

[German]On May 8, 2018 Microsoft released several (security) updates (KB4103718, KB4103712) for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates (KB4103725, KB4103715) for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server April 2018

Posted on 2018-04-11 by guenni

[German]On April 10, 2018 Microsoft released several (security) updates (KB4093118, KB4093108, KB4093114, KB4093115) for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Microsoft June 13, 2017 Patchday – further updates

Posted on 2017-06-14 by guenni

[German]On June 13, 2017 Microsoft has released a couple of other security updates beside security fixes for Windows 7 up to Windows 10. There are Flash-Updates, a cumulative Internet Explorer security update and also critical security uupdates for Windows Vista … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: file system error (-1073741819) – ‘extended attributes are inconsistent’

Posted on 2016-12-10 by guenni

[German]Some Windows users are facing a strange error: Suddenly the user account control (UAC) fails and the administrator account doesn't work anymore. In some cases, the error message "file system error (-1073741819)" or the error  'extended attributes are inconsistent' will … Continue reading →

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Windows 8: Fixing the Windows To Go workspace bug

Posted on 2012-11-11 by guenni

[German edition]Windows 8 Enterprise supports Windows To Go on USB devices – I have blogged several times about that. In Windows 8 Core or Pro Windows To Go has no relevance. But some users running into trouble, because Windows 8 … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Upgrade: Troubleshooting and analysis

Posted on 2012-11-05 by guenni

[German version]A lot Windows users are facing troubl, installing a Windows 8 upgrade. In best case, a rollback to the previous installed Windows performs. After I has seen many cases in German Microsoft Answers forum, I try within this article, … Continue reading →

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