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🚨 August 1, 2026 / [Solved] Firefox 154: Password Manager Issues

Update: Bugzilla is tracking the various issues caused by Rust: Update 2 (August 25, 2026): Users are reporting that the update 154.0.1 has fixed…

Read More🚨 August 1, 2026 / [Solved] Firefox 154: Password Manager Issues
  • 20. August 2026
  • 1 min
  • Quick Notes

🚨 July 1, 2026 / [Solved] Right-Click Causes Outlook Classic to Crash

A few days ago, Outlook Classic in Microsoft 365 experienced an issue where right-clicking caused the application to crash. This has been fixed in the…

Read More🚨 July 1, 2026 / [Solved] Right-Click Causes Outlook Classic to Crash
  • 1. July 2026
  • 0 mins
  • Quick Notes, Windows Client

🚨 June 25, 2026 / Windows 10 Updates Available Through October 2027

It was expected, and another extension cannot be ruled out: Windows 10 will receive free updates for home users under the ESU program through at…

Read More🚨 June 25, 2026 / Windows 10 Updates Available Through October 2027
  • 25. June 2026
  • 0 mins
  • Digital Everday Life, Internet

Why Mozilla’s Bugzilla Is a Privacy Nightmare

Mozilla is widely associated with privacy. That’s why its bug-reporting platform deserves special attention. Unfortunately, Mozilla’s Bugzilla instance creates a contradictory impression: anyone who wants…

Read MoreWhy Mozilla’s Bugzilla Is a Privacy Nightmare
  • 20. August 2026
  • 3 mins
  • Tutorial / How To, Windows Client

[Tutorial] Using OCRmyPDF on Windows (based on Tesseract OCR)

OCRmyPDF can create searchable PDF files on Windows using the Tesseract engine. In the OCRmyPDF documentation, it is suggested to install Python and Tesseract via…

Read More[Tutorial] Using OCRmyPDF on Windows (based on Tesseract OCR)
  • 6. August 2026
  • 4 mins
  • Windows Client, Windows Server

“Unknown Remote Connection”: Windows 10/11 Displays Security Warning for Remote Desktop Connection

A few weeks ago, Microsoft began hardening RDP connections by allowing only signed .rdp files and displaying a warning if a connection is to be…

Read More“Unknown Remote Connection”: Windows 10/11 Displays Security Warning for Remote Desktop Connection
  • 4. August 2026
  • 1 min
  • Windows Client

reagentc.exe fails with error message: Unable to update Boot Configuration Data

I am not kidding: try again! Often the second or third try of sending the necessary command leads to this message: “Operation successful.”

Read Morereagentc.exe fails with error message: Unable to update Boot Configuration Data
  • 10. July 2026
  • 0 mins
  • Windows Client

Error 3EE when trying to enable the recovery partition with reagentc.exe

The 3EE error suggests that the EFI partition may be corrupted. Recreate it using the following steps:

Read MoreError 3EE when trying to enable the recovery partition with reagentc.exe
  • 10. July 2026
  • 0 mins
  • Windows 11 Upgrade, Windows Client

Windows 11 upgrade error: 0xC1900101 – 0x20017 — the installation failed during the SAFE_OS phase

Don’t let it send you down the wrong path! If you dump the setuperr.log or other upgrade logs into ChatGPT, for example, or even straight…

Read MoreWindows 11 upgrade error: 0xC1900101 – 0x20017 — the installation failed during the SAFE_OS phase
  • 9. July 2026
  • 2 mins
  • Windows Client

Error 3B3C while trying to enable the recovery partition using reagentc.exe

When trying to enable the Windows RE partition from a Command Prompt by running reagentc.exe /enable, you may get error 3B3C. In reality, the recovery…

Read MoreError 3B3C while trying to enable the recovery partition using reagentc.exe
  • 9. July 2026
  • 1 min
  • Windows 11 Upgrade, Windows Client

Windows 11 upgrade aborted with error 0x8007000D – 0x2000C (during the SAFE_OS phase, while APPLY_IMAGE was running)

A common cause is that the EFI partition is too small for the upgrade process. Most EFI partitions are normally 100 MB or 260 MB…

Read MoreWindows 11 upgrade aborted with error 0x8007000D – 0x2000C (during the SAFE_OS phase, while APPLY_IMAGE was running)
  • 2. July 2026
  • 1 min
  • Windows 11 Upgrade, Windows Client

Windows 10 to Windows 11 Upgrade Not Working? Solution: BIOS Update! (Especially on Gigabyte Motherboards)

If an in-place upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 fails with various error codes, the first place to look is NOT the software or…

Read MoreWindows 10 to Windows 11 Upgrade Not Working? Solution: BIOS Update! (Especially on Gigabyte Motherboards)
  • 2. July 2026
  • 1 min
  • Windows 11 Upgrade, Windows Client

Windows 11 Upgrade Failing? A Possible Solution: Zero Limit ISO / Unbreaked ISO

Even after putting in a lot of effort to track down the blocker, you can still end up stuck at the end of the road,…

Read MoreWindows 11 Upgrade Failing? A Possible Solution: Zero Limit ISO / Unbreaked ISO
  • 1. July 2026
  • 0 mins
  • Windows 11 Upgrade, Windows Client

W10/11: Recreate the EFI Partition / Repair a Corrupted EFI Partition

Quite often, an in-place upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 — or even a repair-style in-place upgrade within the same Windows version — fails…

Read MoreW10/11: Recreate the EFI Partition / Repair a Corrupted EFI Partition
  • 2. January 2026
  • 2 mins
  • Internal Affairs

Site under construction

We all know them — those “under construction” notices on websites. 😉 I’m tinkering with this one step by step, whenever I have the time.

Read MoreSite under construction
  • 1. January 2026
  • 0 mins
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