Microsoft Excel has introduced a suite of new features in April 2025, enhancing user experience across Windows, Mac, and web platforms. These updates focus on integrating advanced technologies like AI and Python, improving usability, and bolstering security measures.
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When it comes to the Byzantine world of Office security settings, no feature brings sysadmins and IT pros to their knees quite like the saga of ActiveX controls. If you’ve ever had the “pleasure” of untangling why two employees, with identical systems, wind up on opposite ends of the ActiveX...
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Microsoft Disables ActiveX by Default in Microsoft 365 and Office 2024: The End of a Risky Era
Microsoft is pulling a decisive security lever by disabling ActiveX controls by default in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications. This change, rolling out imminently, aims to...
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Microsoft Update Catalog is a valuable resource for Windows users seeking to obtain essential updates for their operating systems. To access these updates, enabling scripting within the website is crucial. It is necessary to adjust security settings to allow ActiveX controls and...
Today, as a part of our regular Update Tuesday process, we released four security bulletins – one rated Critical and three rated Important in severity – to address 42 Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVEs) in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, and Lync Server. We encourage...
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Today we released Security Advisory 2887505 regarding an issue that affects Internet Explorer. There are only reports of a limited number of targeted attacks specifically directed at Internet Explorer 8 and 9, although the issue could potentially affect all supported versions. This issue could...
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Today, we released Security Advisory 2847140 regarding an issue that impacts Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer 6, 7, 9 and 10 are not affected by the vulnerability. This issue allows remote code execution if users browse to a malicious website with an affected browser. This would typically...
Hey To all and thank u i hope u can find a solution for me couse im working on it for two weeks..
first i had a red X on the white flag that informed me that my security center cant start.
i couldnt opened it so, Following other forums advices , I tried to opened the service control panel, but...