Author: Martin Brinkmann

When I was young, I studied German, History and English at Essen University in Germany. I worked in computer support for several years at the time to help other computer users when they ran into issues. Writing started out as a passion project, as I wanted to help more users and not just the ones that I handled in support. This lead to the founding of Ghacks Technology News in 2005. First, as a side-project, but shortly thereafter as a full-time project as the site's popularity exploded. I sold Ghacks to Softonic some years ago, but stayed on as Editor. You can still read my articles on the site. I do publish on Betanews as well. In recent years, I started to write and publish technology books, including my latest book "Windows 11 From Beginner to Advanced", which is available on Amazon. I'm also a freelance writer for the German publisher Gamestar. Chipp.in is my newest project. I want to use it to talk about my book projects, sell my books directly, and write about technology, as this is what interests me.
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Microsoft is changing Windows Security to avoid another Crowdstrike disaster

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Will it disallow access to the Windows kernel by security products? Not right now, but the path could lead there. Microsoft held a security conference earlier this week at its Redmond headquarters. It invited business partners, especially those in the security field, to participate. The hot topic during the conference was the Crowdstrike disaster that…

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Fixing OneDrive’s “Creating shareable link…” error loop that never ends

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Microsoft OneDrive is a popular file cloud hosting, sharing, and to a degree editing service. This is especially true on Windows, as Windows users who sign in with a Microsoft account have OneDrive automatically. Like any other file hosting service, OneDrive supports the sharing of files. You have a few options there. Notable options include…

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