The issues seem linked to the use of antivirus products from specific manufacturers, including Avast, AVG, and Sophos, with Sophos coming in for particular problems. Microsoft has apparently blocked update distribution to individuals with Sophos installed as a result. Sophos has published its own blog post on this topic, walking individuals through how to uninstall the Microsoft updates if they also use Sophos Endpoint. Sophos claims that specific updates KB4493467, KB4493446, KB4493448, KB4493472, KB4493450 and KB4493451 are responsible for these problems
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Microsoft Windows Patch Update – released on Tuesday, April 9 appears to have caused significant performance problems for multiple groups of users
Dienstag, April 16th, 2019Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 & Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2 Updates KB4480970 und KB4480960 – verursachen massive Netzwerkprobleme
Donnerstag, Januar 10th, 2019Das Problem lässt sich lösen indem die betreffende Richtlinie in einer administrativen Eingabeaufforderung mit dem Befehl
Option #1 C:\ reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
angepasst wird. Der Befehl deaktiviert die remote-Einschränkungen durch LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy nach einem Neustart sollte der Zugriff auf Netzwerkfreigaben wieder möglich sein
Option #2 C:\ wusa /uninstall /kb:4480970
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 R2 / 2016 – Leistungsprobleme bei Verwendung des Energiesparplan „Ausbalanciert“
Montag, Dezember 3rd, 2018Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 R2 / 2016 – Leistungsprobleme bei Verwendung des Energiesparplan „Ausbalanciert“
Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) – klafft eine Denial-of-Service-Lücke die Microsoft nicht patchen wird
Freitag, Juni 16th, 2017Microsoft Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) – in der Implementierung von Windows Server 2008 bis 2016 ist ein Fehler in der Speicherzuordnung entdeckt worden der von Angreifern ausgenutzt werden kann um den Service zum Absturz zu bringen – wer den Service noch nutzt sollte auf den Microsoft Domain Name System (DNS) Service ausweichen
Microsoft Rollup Updates KB3197867, KB3197868, KB3197873, KB3197874 – released a couple of Rollup updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and the corrospending Server variants at November 8, 2016
Freitag, November 11th, 2016Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 R2 – konfigurieren der Startmethode „Datenaustausch zwischen Dienst und Desktop zulassen“
Dienstag, Oktober 25th, 2016In den meisten Fällen sollten die Einstellungen unter „Datenaustausch zwischen Dienst und Desktop zulassen“ nicht geändert werden – außer wenn Sie das zulassen wollen dass der Dienst mit dem Desktop interagiert und Informationen die vom Dienst auf dem Desktop angezeigt werden sollen – zusätzlich muss folgendem Registry Key in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 gesetzt werden HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows „NoInteractiveServices“ 0 (default 1)
Microsoft Windows – how to extend the timeout for services
Dienstag, September 20th, 2016In Registry Editor locate and then right-click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Point to New and then click DWORD Value – in the right pane of Registry Editor a new value named New Value #1 will appear – type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1 and then press ENTER
Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step 3 and then click Modify – the Edit DWORD Value dialog box will appear and change Base to Decimal – in the Value data text box type <TimeoutPeriod> where TimeoutPeriod is the amount of time allowed for service to start (in milliseconds) and then click OK – finally restart the machine
Microsoft Update for Windows KB3187022 – print functionality is broken after any of the MS16-098 security updates are installed
Freitag, August 26th, 2016You can fix these issues by installing the update that is described in this article
Microsoft Security Update for Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers KB3177725 / KB 3176493 – admits to distributing Windows printing bugs „unable to print more than one page at a time any more or they get blank pages“
Sonntag, August 21st, 2016Microsoft has admitted to distributing the bug but there’s no indication when it will issue a fix – the only workaround till yet is uninstalling this critical update
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 – support lifecycle
Samstag, Juli 11th, 2015Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 – slow performance when using the “Balanced” Power Plan
Donnerstag, Mai 28th, 2015Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 / Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 – an update is available to remove KB3004394
Samstag, Dezember 13th, 2014Microsoft has found that this update KB3004394 is causing additional problem on computers that are running Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 – this includes the inability to install future updates
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 – poor network performance
Samstag, September 21st, 2013Recently we ran into issues when using the VMXNET3 driver and Windows Server 2008 R2 according to VMWare you may experience issues similar to – poor performance / packet loss / network latency / slow data Transfer – the issue may be caused by Windows TCP Stack offloading the usage of the network interface to the CPU
Netsh int tcp show global
Netsh int tcp set global RSS=Enabled
Netsh int tcp set global chimney=Disabled
Netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=Disabled
Netsh int tcp set global congestionprovider=None
Netsh int tcp set global ecncapability=Disabled
Netsh int ip set global taskoffload=Disabled
Netsh int tcp set global timestamps=Disabled
Netsh int tcp show global
If you find there is no change just reset to default
Netsh int tcp show global
Netsh int tcp set global RSS=Enabled
Netsh int tcp set global chimney=Automatic
Netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=Normal
Netsh int tcp set global congestionprovider=ctcp
Netsh int tcp set global ecncapability=Enabled
Netsh int ip set global taskoffload=Enabled
Netsh int tcp set global timestamps=Enabled
Netsh int tcp show global
Microsoft Sysinternals Tool Handle v3.5 – how to unlock file without kill related process
Donnerstag, August 8th, 2013Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Microsoft Sysinternals Tool Handle is a utility that displays information about open handles for any process in the system. You can use it to see the programs that have a file open or to see the object types and names of all the handles of a program
Microsoft Command „openfiles.exe“ – enables an administrator to query, display, or disconnect files and directories that have been opened on a system
Mittwoch, Juli 31st, 2013Microsoft Command „openfiles.exe /disconnect“ – enables an administrator to disconnect files and folders that have been opened