Category Archives: Office

Tool to fix broken 'umlauts' in Outlook signatures

Posted on 2025-04-02 by guenni

[German]Some time ago, I addressed the problem that administrators of Microsoft 365 users are experiencing here on the blog. Sporadically, users' signatures in Outlook 365 break and umlauts are no longer displayed if these signatures are stored in the cloud. … Continue reading →

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New Outlook app is rolled out in MS365, changes to blocking

Posted on 2025-04-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft started rolling out the new Outlook app in Microsoft 365 a few days ago. There is also a support article regarding changes to deactivating the new Outlook app. Advertising

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Windows 11 24H2: Outlook notification window opens mails in the background – Microsoft investigates

Posted on 2025-03-31 by guenni

[German, German 2]Brief information for users and administrators of Windows 11 24H2 who suffer from the effect that the Outlook notification window opens emails in the background. I reported about the bug in February 2025 in my German blog. Now … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: Workarounds for "File with password protection cannot be opened multiple times in Excel 2016"

Posted on 2025-03-28 by guenni

[GER1, GER2]Since the end of 2024, users of Microsoft Excel 2016 have been running into a strange issue. Excel files that have been password protected cannot be opened multiple times. It seems to be a problem caused by Windows 11 … Continue reading →

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OneNote app for Windows 10: Restrictions from June; End of support in October 2025

Posted on 2025-03-21 by guenni

[German]Does anyone in the readership use the Microsoft OneNote app on Windows 10? The OneNote for Windows 10 product will no longer be supported in October 2025 (with Windows 10). From June 2025, users will have to be prepared for … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft Outlook Signatures in cloud storage without umlauts

Posted on 2025-03-20 by guenni

[German]I got reports about issues with Microsoft Outlook. Signatures are shown wrong, if Outlook is using the cloud to store settings. Several German administrators has confirmed this issue. Are you affected? Advertising

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Option to switch from Outlook new to Outlook classic broken

Posted on 2025-03-16 by guenni

[German]Currently, users of classic Outlook under Windows are automatically switched to the new Outlook app. Microsoft has now announced that the button for switching between classic Outlook and the new Outlook app does not work in certain scenarios. Advertising

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Outlook Classic: Again forced update to New Outlook app

Posted on 2025-03-15 by guenni

[German]I have again received a reader's report that Microsoft is probably currently switching installations of Outlook Classic to the new Outlook app again. Users of Microsoft Outlook 2000 have now been affected, as I have heard. Advertising

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (March 11, 2025)

Posted on 2025-03-13 by guenni

[German]On March 11, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. No updates were released as of March … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 11, 2025)

Posted on 2025-03-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office and other products on March 11, 2025. The security updates eliminate 56 vulnerabilities (CVEs), seven of which were classified as 0-day. Six vulnerabilities are already under attack. Below is a … Continue reading →

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