Category Archives: Office

How to stop the Office 2013 Upgrade to Office 2016-Nag-Screen

Users of a Click-to-Run-Installation of Office 2013 or Office 365 Pro Plus subscribers see an ad, recommending an upgrade to Office 2016. The blog post shows how to get rid of this notification and disable Office upgrade.

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Microsoft Update-Summary: Windows and Office (July 5, 2016)

Microsoft has released several non-security updates for Windows 7/8.1 and Office 2007 – 2016 at July 5, 2016. Here is a short summary.

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Microsoft Windows and Office ISO download tool

End users of OEM systems are facing a problem: How to obtain a valid setup media to re-install a bloat ware free Windows or set up Microsoft Office. Whilst IT professionals probably have access to Microsoft Developers Network Program (MSDN), … Continue reading

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Microsoft Patch day June 14, 2016

On June 14, 2016, Microsoft has released four critical and additional important security updates for Windows, Edge, Internet Explorer and Office. And there is an optional update to improve compatibility.

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Office patch day (May 3, 2016)

Microsoft has released several updates for Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 on May 3, 2016. It seems that Microsoft has decided a decoupling of Office updates from regulary patch day (2nd Tuesday in a month). Here are a short … Continue reading

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

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Revisions for Office for Mac(16.3.2016)

Microsoft has re-released two Security Bulletins fpr Office for Mac – one is a critical security update MS16-029. The other is MS16-MAR. Here are some details.

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Microsoft Access 2010 Update KB3085515 has been pulled

[German]Update KB3085515 for Microsoft Access 2010, issued at 3/8/2016, has been pulled by Microsoft. This update killed Microsoft Access 2010 and it's ability to access some  DLL-References.

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Scanning in Word 2013/2016 – Part II

[German]I've discussed in Part I how to add a macro with some VBA code to add a scan function to Microsoft Word 2016 (and Word 2013). Now we have to test this new feature – and also add a scan … Continue reading

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Scanning in Word 2013/2016 – Part I

[German]Microsoft has removed scanning from Word 2013/2016. This blog post describes, how to add a scan button to Word 2016 (works also in Word 2013) using a VBA-Macro.

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Windows: Optional updates and re-releases 02/16/2016

Microsoft has released several optional updates for Windows and re-released some updates for Office for Mac on February 16, 2016. Also a cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1511 seems to be released soon. Here are a few details.

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