Tag Archives: Office

Word zero-day-vulnerability patched

There has been a zero-day-vulnerability reported in Word and WordPad that is used in the wild. Microsoft has issued a patch to close this vulnerability on April 2017 patch day.

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April 2017 security updates for Office, IE and .NET

Microsoft has released several security updates for Office, IE and .NET on April 11, 2017. Here are a short overview about those updates.

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Windows Office error WindowsUpdate_00000537

Some users of Microsoft Office 2013 Plus are facing a curious Windows error. Windows Update reports error WindowsUpdate_00000537 and WindowsUpdate_dt000.

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Tip: Download Windows- and Office ISO images using Adguard

Today a short tip, how to download ISO install images for supported Windows and Office versions from Microsoft.

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Microsoft’s obscure ‘Self Service for Mobile’ Office activation

[German]Microsoft requires a product activation after installing. Users of Microsoft Office currently are facing trouble during telephone activation. After dealing with this issue, I came across another obscure behavior, Microsoft's 'Self Service for Mobile' solution to activate Microsoft Office via … Continue reading

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

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Office Telephone activation is no longer supported error

Users of Microsoft Office 2010, 2013, 2016 are facing trouble during telephone activation. An error message "Telephone activation is no longer supported for your product" will be showns. Here are a few details.

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Office Patchday February 7, 2017

[German]Microsoft has released a couple of non-security updates for it's Office products. Non-security updates for Microsoft Office will be released on first Tuesday of the month. Here are a few details.

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Word/Office can’t launch PDF converter

[German]Recently I came across a post from a MVP colleague, mention a curious error in Word 2013. On a customers system it wasn't possible, to use the PDF converter from Word.

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Office-Patchday, Updates January 3, 2017

[German]Here are a few information about updates released January 3, 2017 for Microsoft Office 2014 and Microsoft Office 2016. It's all non security updates, so they are optional for bug fixes.

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Office patch day (12/05/2016)

Microsoft releases non security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions on the first thuesday of a month. On December 6, 2016, a bunch of updates are released for Office 2013 and 2016.

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