document scanning

Microsoft has quietly begun retiring Microsoft Lens — the long‑running mobile document scanner formerly known as Office Lens — removing a tiny but beloved utility that turned phones into instant PDF, Word, PowerPoint and OCR tools and steering its users toward OneDrive and Microsoft 365 Copilot...

Microsoft has quietly begun retiring Microsoft Lens — the simple, highly rated mobile document scanner that many people relied on for quick OCR and one‑tap exports — and is consolidating its mobile scanning functionality into OneDrive and the Microsoft 365 Copilot family of apps, with a phased...

Microsoft is retiring the standalone Microsoft Lens mobile app and folding its scanning and capture capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app in a phased shutdown that begins on September 15, 2025 and culminates with the ability to create new scans being disabled on December 15...

Microsoft’s decision to retire the popular Microsoft Lens (formerly Office Lens) mobile scanning app marks a significant change for millions of casual and enterprise users who rely on its fast, reliable capture and OCR workflows — the retirement begins on September 15, 2025, the app will be...

Microsoft has announced it will retire the standalone Microsoft Lens mobile app and fold its scanning capabilities into the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app, beginning a phased retirement that starts on September 15, 2025, leads to the removal of Lens from app stores by mid‑November, and stops...

Cloudflare has issued a stark warning about a new and highly sophisticated wave of phishing attacks targeting Microsoft 365 users, drawing attention to a dangerous exploitation of a trusted email security feature: link wrapping. In recent weeks, both enterprise and consumer accounts have come...

Securing modern web platforms remains one of the most complex challenges for organizations, regardless of size or sector. With the rapid proliferation of low-code solutions like Power Pages, the challenge only grows as more non-expert users become responsible for workplace applications, many of...

Windows 11 continues to surprise users with subtle yet highly effective improvements, and the latest optical character recognition (OCR) capability built directly into the Windows Photos app might be one of its most practical updates for everyday users. This new Photos app feature allows anyone...

For those who still fondly remember the days of bulky scanners and complicated software, Microsoft has streamlined the scanning process in Windows. In case you've ever wished to digitize your physical documents or cherished photographs without a fuss, Microsoft’s solution is here to save your...

I have solved the problem! See the original post, "A strange problem with modeless dialog boxes", for details. This is a repost, incorporating the latest simplifications of the problem statement, and a minimal reproducible example of the code... I'm having a problem with modeless dialog boxes...

I cannot seem to be able to use One Note to perform OCR . I tried OCR Free and it is OK but requires a lot of time to edit and format. I watch YouTube videos but each is different and none work for me. Could you please help me with this as I need to scan a document and use OCR with it. I read...

I haven't used Adobe Reader on my home PC in years! I've been using Foxit Reader since then. It was a perfect replacement for Adobe. However, over the past few iterations it's become bloated and performance wasn't as snappy as it once was. I use PDFs on a regular basis. I scan all my hard...

Hey guys, First of all I'm going to start by saying that I'm not really a Windows related man so please explain everything step by step. The problem I had today was that I couldn't rotate some of my photo's. This was 'solved' because I went searching on the mighty Google and I found a forum on...

Original release date: June 24, 2013 Systems Affected Any system using password authentication accessible from the internet may be affected. Critical infrastructure and other important embedded systems, appliances, and devices are of particular concern. Overview Attackers can easily...

Fixes an issue in which a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 may enter sleep mode automatically when you use a scanner to scan a document. Link Removed

Hello. We just recently updated a new Windows 7 machine with Adobe Acrobat X (standard). Prior to the new Win7 machine, the user was on a Vista machine with Windows Mail and has a Cannon scanner with the MP Navigator software. After migrating data from the Vista machine to the 7 machine, we...

Since so many people need to scan their computers and do all sorts of maintenance, I would like to share a great site that seems to buzz with traffic and has a very nice interface, that you can find lists of free software for Windows 7 x32, x64 and much more. This is great for people who can't...

Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is announcing the availability of the Office File Validation feature for supported editions of Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007. The feature, previously only available for supported editions of...

I have been scanning documents from my printer, HP deskjet F4480, it scans okay but does not save to a scanned docment file but to my pictures!! It shows up as a 'flower' instead of the document, what gives here? Also when I download pictures feom my camera, they also show up as "flowers"...

Ok so i bought a Belkin Easy Transfer cable to use the Windows Easy Transfer feature, the reason being is that I have several PCs in the house, 2 of them are gaming PCs, the others are HTPCs, I also have a laptop and not to mention my sister & dad uses one too, so I often have to copy files...