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    Office 2019 for Mac Read-Only After July 13, 2026 License Certificate Expires

    Microsoft will push Office 2019 for Mac into reduced functionality mode on July 13, 2026, because the certificate used to validate licenses expires that day and the unsupported 2019 suite will not receive the update that newer Office builds are getting. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and...
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    Microsoft Office Read-Only Mode on Old Apple Devices From July 13, 2026

    Microsoft says that from July 13, 2026, Microsoft 365 apps and Office 2019 or Office 2021 on older Apple operating systems may enter reduced functionality mode, leaving Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote able to open or print files but not edit, save, or create them. The cutoff lands...
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    OneNote on Windows becomes the sole supported app as Windows 10 OneNote ends

    Microsoft is pulling the plug on the legacy OneNote app that shipped with Windows 10: beginning October 14, 2025, OneNote for Windows 10 (the UWP “legacy” client) will reach end of support and be placed into a read‑only state, and Microsoft is actively steering users and organizations toward the...
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    OneNote for Windows 10 End of Support: Migrate to OneNote on Windows

    Microsoft has confirmed that OneNote for Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft is urging users and organizations to migrate to the newer OneNote on Windows app now to avoid losing editing and sync functionality when the legacy app becomes read-only...
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    Visual Studio GA: Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Secure, Enterprise-Ready AI Tools

    Microsoft has made the Model Context Protocol (MCP) a first‑class citizen in Visual Studio, shipping general availability support that lets Copilot Chat and other agentic features connect to local or remote MCP servers via a simple .mcp.json configuration — a major convenience for developers...
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    Windows 7 Chkdsk stops errors found

    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\USER>autochk The C:\Windows\system32\autochk.exe application cannot be run in Win32 mode. C:\Users\USER>chkdsk The type of the file system is NTFS. WARNING! F parameter...