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    Mastering ActiveX Controls in Office Security: Troubleshooting & Future Moves

    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 Office 2024: Enhancing Security and Phasing Out Legacy Tech

    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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    A break from the past, part 2: Saying goodbye to ActiveX, VBScript, attachEvent…

    We recently posted “A break from the past: the birth of Microsoft’s new web rendering engine”, an in-depth look at the background and motivation behind building a new rendering engine to power Microsoft Edge. A key factor described was the ability to make a break from legacy Internet...
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