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Category Archives: Office
Outlook: Microsoft releases temporary fix for slow saving on network paths
[German]Microsoft has published a new support article the other day that addresses the "slow save" issue with Outlook Desktop. The problem occurs when attachments are to be saved to a location within a network. Then a corresponding dialog box appears. … Continue reading
SharePoint Online outage on July 25, 2023 due to incorrect TLS certificate
[German]On July 24, 2023, there was a brief outage of SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. After two hours, Microsoft informed us that the problem was related to an update and had already been corrected. In the meantime, it has … Continue reading
Outlook blocks hyperlinks after July 2023 update; a workaround from Microsoft
[German]Since installing the July 11, 2023 security updates that closed a Security Feature Bypass vulnerability in Outlook, some users can no longer use hyperlinks without restrictions. Either a warning comes up or the hyperlinks no longer work. Now Microsoft has … Continue reading
Outlook appointments automatically become teams meetings
[German]Besides the issue, that Outlook constantly asking to open previous session windows on startup (see Outlook startup asks for "re-open windows", options to disable missing), there may be another bug that has made its way into the Click-2-Run versions of … Continue reading
Microsoft July 2023 Patchday issues (Windows, Office, Apps) – Part I
[German]On Patchday, July 11, 2023, Microsoft released a bunch of security updates for Windows, Office and other products. In addition, a vulnerability in the HTML component of IE became known, which could allow an RCE attack on Office and Windows … Continue reading
Outlook 2016: Links broken after update from July 11, 2023 (KB5002427) – Security warning appears when clicking links
[German]The security update KB5002427 for Outlook 2016 from July 11, 2023 (as well as the Click-2-Run updates of Office from the same date) cause an unpleasant bug. If the user wants to open links in Outlook 2016, the program displays … Continue reading
HTML RCE Vulnerability CVE-2023-36884 Allows Office and Windows System Takeover
[German]Short addendum regarding security. As of July 11, 2023 (patch day), another 0-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-36884) has become public, which allows remote code execution in Microsoft Windows and Office. The vulnerability has already been exploited by hackers from the group Storm-0978 … Continue reading
Microsoft Office Updates (July 11, 2023)
[German]On July 11, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. With the April 2023 patchday, support for Office 2013 ended – but vulnerabilities were still closed … Continue reading
Microsoft Security Update Summary (July 11, 2023)
[German]On July 11, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 130 vulnerabilities, five are 0-Days. Below is a compact overview of these updates released … Continue reading
Outlook startup asks for "re-open windows", options to disable missing
[German]Microsoft seems to have shipped a new bug in Outlook with the late June 2023 Office updates. A blog reader pointed out to me that he is struggling with the problem that every time he starts Outlook, it asks if … Continue reading