Category Archives: Office

Outlook: Temporary fix for crashes when writing mails

[German]Classic Outlook version 2412 (build 18324.20168) can crash when creating a new email or forwarding emails. Microsoft introduced a temporary fix on January 17, 2025 and plans to solve the problem with an update at the end of the month. … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office 2019 und Microsoft Teams Problem (Jan. 2025)

[German]Question to the readership whether anyone has observed problems with Microsoft Office 2019 in conjunction with Microsoft Teams 2.0 after the January 2025 patch day (14.1.2025). Here is an observation from a blog reader. Advertising

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Microsoft fixes crashing Microsoft 365 (Office) apps (16. Jan. 2025)

[German]Microsoft has released a new build of Microsoft 365 that should fix the crashes of Microsoft Outlook and other Office 365 applications on Windows Server 2016 that I reported in January 2025. Advertising

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Microsoft'a Marketing tales: Windows 11 is free for a short time; support for Microsoft 365 app ends in October 2025 for Windows 10

[German]Microsoft reached last week into its marketing bag of tricks again and put some questionable things on the table to promote Windows 11. It says that "Windows 11 is free for a short time". And another joke is unpacked: Microsoft … Continue reading

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Microsoft 365 Personal and Family shipped with Copilot, but hefty price hike

[German]Private users of Microsoft's subscription products can look forward to a hefty price increase for the Microsoft 365 Personal and Family products. This "no-alternative" software is now being enhanced by Microsoft with Copilot, and that costs money. The subscriptions for … Continue reading

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (January 2025)

[German]On January 14, 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. Non-security updates were released on January 7, … Continue reading

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Microsoft Outlook 365 or other MS 365 apps are dropping suddenly errors

[German]German blog reader Robert contacted me recently by emailed to report that he had run into problems with Outlook and other apps under Microsoft 365 on Windows Server 2016 (and 2019) Terminal Server. Microsoft Outlook, Excel crashes in a certain … Continue reading

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Outlook: Hangs when copying and GMail connection problems fixed

[German]Microsoft announced this week that two problems with Outlook Classic have been fixed. One is the hangs that occurred when copying via Ctrl+C. In addition, a problem with the GMail account connection has been fixed. I'll pull the two topics … Continue reading

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Windows 10 gets new Outlook app with preview update Jan. 2025 and update Feb. 2025

[German]A brief addendum from Friday, January 10, 2025: Microsoft announced in the Microsoft 365 Message Center that Windows 10 will also receive the new Outlook app as a "pre-install". The app will be pre-installed on systems as part of updates … Continue reading

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Did anyone get the "Welcome to the Microsoft 365 app" nag screen?

[German]A quick question for readers who use Windows. Has anyone seen a pop-up screen with the text "Welcome to the Microsoft 365 app" recently? Advertising

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