Tag Archives: Outlook

Outlook stores IMAP password DAPI-encrypted in the registry

[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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Microsoft confirms Outlook bug dropping error 603: Can't configure Exchange Online mailbox

[German]Microsoft has published a new support article that addresses an error in the Outlook desktop application. Users receive error 603 "Can't configure Exchange Online mailbox" during autodiscover while configuring a connection to an Exchange Online mailbox.

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Outlook 365 Outbox: Online mode no longer possible for shared mailboxes

[German]Call for help from a blog reader struggling with Outlook 365 and shared mailboxes. In Outlook clients, online mode is no longer possible with shared mailboxes. Mails are no longer moved from the Outbox to the Sent Mail folder. The … Continue reading

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Outlook bugs: Fix for contacts overlay; workaround for password problem

[German]Brief addendum from this week for Outlook users or administrators. Microsoft seems to have fixed the bug that the Outlook Contacts view covers "People" windows as of October 11, 2022. Also, I have a workaround for the problem with Outlook … Continue reading

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Bug: Outlook no longer connects to the mail server (October 2022)

[German]Microsoft confirms another error in Outlook in Microsoft 365 in a support post. It may be that Microsoft Outlook can no longer connect to the email server. The IMAP or POP server has disconnected unexpectedly and the connection to the … Continue reading

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

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Microsoft releases fix for Outlook 365 crashes at startup (Oct. 5, 2022)

[German]Microsoft Outlook 365 users might be affected by crashes that occur right after application launch. As of September 5, 2022, Microsoft has published a support post with notes on a fix for these crashes. Here is a brief overview of … Continue reading

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Microsoft Outlook bug after update: Outlook Contacts "People" view hides window

[German]Microsoft has once again created a nice bug in the Click-2-Run version of Office 2016 – 2021. After updating to version 2209 (build 15629.20156) the contact window in the person view covers half of the Outlook window. The window cannot … Continue reading

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0patch fixes Memory Corruption vulnerability (CVE-2022-35742) in Microsoft Outlook 2010

[German]The vulnerability CVE-2022-35742 in Outlook was closed by Microsoft in August 2022 by means of security updates (see Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (August 9, 2022)). However, Microsoft only provides updates for the MSI versions of Outlook 2013 and 2016. ACROS … Continue reading

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Office 365: Outlook suddenly requests password (August 29, 2022)

[German]A quick question for the administrators among the readers. I just received an e-mail from a reader whose customers suddenly (i.e. probably since the weekend) want a Microsoft Outlook password. What is at issue: Does this only affect the systems … Continue reading

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Outlook: Advertising for Office 365 in mobile apps, anger over new Windows layout

[German]Small addendum and summary of two issues with which Microsoft is currently annoying users of Microsoft Outlook. First, users of the Outlook app for Android and iOS receive ads for Office 365. In addition, there is quite a bit of … Continue reading

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