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Category Archives: Office
Outlook: Calendar remains empty
[German]Microsoft has already acknowledged a problem in its Outlook product at the end of March 2025, which means that the calendar no longer displays any entries.
Microsoft Word 365/2021 crashes (April 7, 2025)
[German]There is a problem with Microsoft Word 365 (and Word 2021). Since April 7, 2025, Word has been crashing in various versions when opening .doc files. The only remedy is to downgrade the relevant Office 365 / 2021 build.
Microsoft 365: Outlook Error [58tm1]
[German]Early February 2025 I came across a post in an administrator group on Facebook where an administrator is talking about the Outlook error "Something didn't work [58tm1]" in Microsoft 365. The error seems to occur frequently.
Outlook Classic error "msls70.dll not found" fixed
[German]In September 2024, Microsoft published a support article on the Outlook error reporting a missing msls70.dll and reported that it was investigating the problem. Microsoft now claims to have fixed this error.
Tool to fix broken 'umlauts' in Outlook signatures
[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
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 ...
New Outlook app is rolled out in MS365, changes to blocking
[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.
Windows 11 24H2: Outlook notification window opens mails in the background – Microsoft investigates
[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
Windows 11 24H2: Workarounds for "File with password protection cannot be opened multiple times in Excel 2016"
[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
OneNote app for Windows 10: Restrictions from June; End of support in October 2025
[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
Microsoft Outlook Signatures in cloud storage without umlauts
[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?