This month, Microsoft released a fix for the MSHTML zero-day that emerged earlier in September. And it fixes a serious remote code execution bug in the WLAN AutoConfig service. There's also a fix for a serious bug in Apple iOS. So, let's get started! Microsoft fixes MSHTML zero-day Earlier this month, Microsoft released a security… Read More
September 7th, Microsoft released a security advisory for a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) in Microsoft MSHTML, the rendering engine that Office apps use in Windows to display web content. Microsoft says that it is investigating reports of targeted attacks that try to exploit the MSHTML flaw using specially designed Microsoft Office files. The announcement… Read More
Introduction All right, folks. This is the moment you've all been waiting for. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm kicking off my series to upgrade my Hyper-V lab running Active Directory Domain Services. I'll be performing in-place upgrades from Windows Server 2016/2019 to Windows Server 2022! I'll also have some posts on updating the other member servers,… Read More
by Brad Sams
Right on target, Microsoft has announced that Windows 365 is generally available. This means that the service, while only announced a couple of weeks back, is ready for business operations for small companies all the way up to enterprise customers. But up until today, we did not know the pricing for the service. Now that… Read More
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In the early days of the Internet, there was just one 'hosts' file that was used to match computer names to IP addresses. All devices connected to the Internet are represented by an IP address. An IP address might look something like this: 172.217.23.238. As you can see, it would be difficult to remember the… Read More
Microsoft patches 103 security vulnerabilities this month, including PrintNightmare, a Windows DNS Server bug, 3 elevation of privilege vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel, and much more. Windows and Windows Server Let's start with the bug that surfaced earlier in July month called PrintNightmare. PrintNightmare Microsoft issued an out-of-band cumulative update (CU) for a remote execution… Read More
by Brad Sams
Late last month, Microsoft announced Windows 11 and not long after, released the first build of the OS. Today, the company is releasing the second build of the OS to Insiders. If you are part of the Dev ring of the Insider program, you can now download build 22000.65 by going to Settings - Windows… Read More
There are some exciting improvements on the way for Universal Print coming in Windows 11. In addition, it's not just Universal Printing that is improving. Microsoft has made several nice enhancements to printing in general, too; let's take a closer look. Universal Print is a modern printing solution that your company can utilize to work… Read More
by Brad Sams
Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch that will plug up a hole in a known zero-day exploit. Known as PrintNightmare, the patch is now being released via Windows Update. At the heart of the issue is a remote code vulnerability that would allow an attacker to use Windows Print Spooler to perform privileged file operations.… Read More
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Earlier this month, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 10X was not coming to market but that the technologies built for that product, would migrate to Windows 10. This week, Microsoft is hosting its Build conference and while there was not much news for Windows fans, CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that the next update to the OS… Read More
Microsoft fixes a zero-day in its Defender antimalware software and issues a patch for a vulnerability that was publicly disclosed in December.
by Brad Sams
In the latest Windows 10 build released to Insider, version 20231, it is possible to enable a new OOBE, or Out of Box Experience.
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Microsoft patches 120 vulnerabilities this month, including 2 zero-day flaws. One in Windows and the second in Internet Explorer.
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Microsoft is making significant changes to how Windows and Azure operate with new leaderships and teams changing orgs.
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Microsoft has made significant changes to Windows 10X and lost nearly 18 months of development time.
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