Tag Archives: Problem

Microsoft: Workaround for Outlook crash; rollback of Microsoft 365 to version 2205

[German]Users of Microsoft Office products beware. Microsoft has commented on a crash bug in Outlook (I reported recently) and published a workaround. In addition, Microsoft 365 had to be rolled back from version 2206 to version 2205 due to app … Continue reading

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Microsoft 365 Version 2206 version 2206: New bug in Monthly Channel (August 2022) crashes in apps

[German]Microsoft has just confirmed a bug in Microsoft 365 apps version 2206 in a ticket. The bug causes crashes in Office apps when performing certain operations. The issue occurs in Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise in the Monthly Channel. Addendum: … Continue reading

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

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Issue with Excel 2013 Update KB5002242 (August 9, 2022)

[German]Microsoft has released security update KB5002242 for Excel 2013 on August 9, 2022 (Patchday). The patch is supposed to eliminate both a vulnerability and a bug in this Excel version. However, there is feedback from readers on the blog that … Continue reading

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Windows 10/11: XPS documents cannot be opened after update

[German]Microsoft has informed its users of Windows 10, Windows 11 and various Windows Server versions about a new bug introduced via update. One is affected when one suddenly cannot open XPS documents anymore if these documents have characters outside the … Continue reading

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Windows: Systems with latest CPUs vulnerable to data damage

[German]Windows systems (Windows 11, Windows Server 2022) that uses CPUs with support of latest Vector Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) (VAES) command set may be vulnerable to data corruption. That's the simple message Microsoft released to its user base on August … Continue reading

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Microsoft blocks Tutanota users in Teams

[German]Unpleasant story that is boiling up right now. The operators of the secure email provider Tutanota just announced that Microsoft is now actively prohibiting their users from registering accounts on its platforms (e.g. Microsoft Teams). They say, incident once again … Continue reading

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Outlook/Word hang on Uber invoices and other mails with tables

[German]With one of the latest updates, Microsoft has once again implemented a bug in Microsoft Office (from version 2206 build 15330.20196). Both Microsoft Outlook and Word hang on certain documents that contain tables. Explicitly listed are emails with invoices from … Continue reading

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Is Windows Update KB5015811 causing Exchange performance issues?

[German]Quick poll to the administrators among the readership who are running a Microsoft Exchange on-premises installation on Windows Server 2019. Have you experienced any performance issues with Microsoft Exchange after installing the July 2022 update? I got a report from … Continue reading

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Windows Server 2012 / R2 and the (upcoming) Azure AD Connect Sync issue as of Aug. 31, 2022

[German]Microsoft had recently pointed out the end of support for Windows Server 2012 / R2 (from October 2023). Seemingly still plenty of time to replace this server version, especially since there will still be purchasable Extended Security Update support (ESU) … Continue reading

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Microsoft Edge 103.0.1264.44 download bug: .crdownload files remains

[German]After the update to Microsoft Edge 103.0.1264.44 has been released on June 30, 2022, I got reports from users, increasingly noticing that temporary download remnants (.crdownload files) remain in the download folder after downloads (e.g. of .exe and .msi files, … Continue reading

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