Tag Archives: Outlook

Microsoft is installing Outlook-Preview without permission

Posted on 2023-05-15 by guenni

[German]A somewhat unpleasant observation that some users and administrators are currently reporting. On some systems with Microsoft 365, the preview of the Outlook app is suddenly installed by Microsoft. I have created a short summary of the situation, which I … Continue reading →

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Microsoft patches Outlook vulnerability CVE-2023-29325

Posted on 2023-05-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has again delivered a fix for an Outlook vulnerability with Windows updates as of May 9, 2023. This update is intended to close a vulnerability in Outlook that was already incompletely patched in March 2023. Russian hackers have exploited … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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Outlook and Teams to open links soon in Edge by default

Posted on 2023-05-03 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's bullying of users is going into the next round. Redmond wants to open web links in the Outlook for Windows app and in Microsoft Teams in the Edge browser by default. And this is to be independent of the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365: Email and calendar issues in Outlook 2303 (Build 16227.20212) confirmed

Posted on 2023-04-17 by guenni

[German]Microsoft confirmed issues with the latest Outlook version 2303 (build 16227.20212) last week. Users will not be able to view or access Microsoft 365 group calendars and email messages in Outlook Desktop after updating to this version, which will be … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Guidelines for investigating attacks using CVE-2023-23397

Posted on 2023-03-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is not getting any rest because of the critical Outlook vulnerability CVE-2023-23397. Even though there was a patch as of March 14, 2023, the vulnerability is not 100 percent closed. Late last week, Microsoft published an article to help … Continue reading →

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Outlook vulnerability CVE-2023-23397 not fully patched

Posted on 2023-03-24 by guenni

[German]Brief addendum to the March 2023 patchday. Microsoft did provide the critical RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-23397 in Outlook with a security update on March 14, 2023. But the patch is incomplete, the attack can still be triggered with somewhat modified emails. … Continue reading →

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Office trouble: Excel calculation issues, and Outlook starts in safe mode (January 2023)

Posted on 2023-01-23 by guenni

[German]In this post I would like to put online a small collection of problems or inconsistencies around Microsoft Office. The problems have come to my attention through the readership in the last few days. Possibly they are isolated cases, but … Continue reading →

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Are there Outlook 365 crashes again (December 2022)?

Posted on 2022-12-30 by guenni

[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook (365) suffer from crashes every now and then, which occur after any updates. In September 2022 there was such a case, which was then fixed in October 2022. Now a user has contacted me who has … Continue reading →

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Workaround for Outlook login error to outlook.com (October 2022)

Posted on 2022-10-29 by guenni

[German]Users of Microsoft's Outlook client may run into the problem that no login to outlook.com is possible. This is rejected with the hint to use a personal or school account after all. Now, as of October 27, 2022, Microsoft has … Continue reading →

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Outlook stores IMAP password DAPI-encrypted in the registry

Posted on 2022-10-23 by guenni

[German]Another little hint on Sunday. Microsoft's developers store the passwords for accessing IMAP accounts for Outlook in the registry. Is indeed DAPI-encrypted, but can be decrypted in the system with an API call. This approach is also used by tools … Continue reading →

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