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You can make Word and other Office apps startup faster now

Nishant Gola — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 06:33:08 +0000

Microsoft is planning to boost the startup speed of Office apps by introducing a new Startup Boost task in the Task Scheduler. This update will roll out in mid-May 2025. Admins who do not want this feature will be able to disable it through the Group Policy Editor or the Office application settings. Microsoft will […]

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Microsoft deprecates Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office

Guru@TWCN — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:20:18 +0000

Microsoft has announced that they are deprecating Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office. The security feature will no longer be updated. The deprecation includes Windows.Security.Isolation APIs that are used for Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office. Microsoft deprecates Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office With every update to the Windows ecosystem, Microsoft adds new features […]

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Microsoft to discontinue Office Lens for Windows 10 on December 31, 2020

TanmayPatange@TWCN — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:45:21 +0000

Microsoft will put an end to certain cloud-based services in Office Lens for Windows on December 31, 2020. After the deadline, certain Office Lens for Windows services such as saving your pictures to OneDrive, OneNote, Word, PowerPoint, or PDF will not be available to users. Office Lens for Windows comes to an end All other […]

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Microsoft and Xiaomi partnership to bring Office and Skype on Xiaomi Android Phones, tablets

VasudevG@TWC — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 17:18:04 +0000

Microsoft and Xiaomi expanding their global partnership further will provide an innovative user experience for Xiaomi mobile users. This new agreement will build on their earlier partnership with Windows 10 on Mi Pad and Microsoft Azure powering the Mi Cloud service. And now furthering their partnership, Microsoft Corp. and Xiaomi Inc. will ship Microsoft Office […]

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Opening a Locky Ransomware infected Word document can lock all your other files

ShiwangiPeswani@TWC — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 05:30:32 +0000

A Word document can lock all files in your PC. Lately discovered ransomware Locky which is being spread via email encrypts all your files and demands a hefty ransom against the decryption code. First discovered by PhishMe security researchers, this ransomware has already attacked almost half a million PCs and still counting. Stats say that it […]

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Microsoft patches critical vulnerabilities in Windows, Office & IE

ShiwangiPeswani@TWC — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:26:03 +0000

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2015 has been released and it includes critical patches that fix many critical security vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft SQL Server, Office, and IE. The official blog shows a table summarizing the security bulletins for this month in order of severity. A total of 14 bulletins are released out of which […]

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Microsoft Word Intruder: Malware with a difference

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 04:36:51 +0000

The programs used to create malicious documents that exploit vulnerabilities in Office applications such as Word are now being advertised in underground forums. One such new tool that has recently come up offers the ability to track the effectiveness of campaigns. Microsoft Word Intruder (MWI)as the program is known, is advertised as an “APT” tool […]

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BUILD 2015 – Microsoft’s biggest announcements so far

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Fri, 01 May 2015 07:00:07 +0000

The eyes of the whole world are eagerly looking at the BUILD 2015 and the announcements made in that by Microsoft. May 1st, 2015 is the last day of this annual developer’s conference taking place in San Francisco. The conference kicked off on April 29th, 2015. Here is a glimpse of which notable announcements were […]

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Apple aims to pull away Microsoft Office customers with free iWork

ArunKumar@TWCN — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:01:50 +0000

There are plenty of alternatives for Microsoft Office such as Polaris Office, Google’s own Quick Office, Google Docs, and ThinkFree office. All of these alternatives are cloud based except for Polaris. Both Quick Office and Google Docs integrate into Google Drive and ThinkFree has its own cloud. And now, Apple is presenting its own iWork […]

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Free Microsoft for Washington County Public Schools

ArunKumar@TWCN — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 12:10:51 +0000

The council sets standards for primary education across the county. While it was already using Microsoft software in its physical office, now Microsoft has announced that it will give free software to schools coming under the wings of Washington County Public schools. It is helping the students in two ways: Getting them free software so […]

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Boards introduced in Office Delve

AnkitGupta@TWCN — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:21:02 +0000

Office Delve, the highly efficient tool for Microsoft Office 365, has donned one more feature called as Boards. With Office Delve Boards, you can organize the content and view required content as and when required. Office Delve is used for exploring content that is already there is your Office 365. However, as more and more […]

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Microsoft releases new MS Primer Font on occasion of Office’s 25th anniversary

AnandKhanse@TWC — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:39:29 +0000

Celebrating Microsoft Office 25th anniversary, Microsoft has released a new font called as MS Primer Font that allows users to visualize the meaning of each individual letter. Being one of its kind, MS Primer Font is an innovative concept wherein each individual letter is represented by a clipart symbol. Hence, when reading in Primer Font, […]

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