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Until June 30, Microsoft had planned to disable Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) scripts in Office applications. VBA is the programming language built into all Office applications. The change ...

https://boot13.com/security/microsoft-still-has-trouble-remembering-not-all-users-are-the-same/

In a recent post on his blog, Den Delimarsky explains why he’s disappointed with the direction Microsoft is going with Windows. Anyone who reads my own posts about Windows will notice that we c...

https://boot13.com/windows/den-delimarsky-windows-needs-a-change-in-priorities/

Is it just me, or is Microsoft actually getting worse at this? It seems that every month there are more horror stories about problems caused by MS software updates. Given that Microsoft is still ...

https://boot13.com/windows/microsoft-updates-still-breaking-things/

Time for another thrilling game of I Hope These Critical Security Updates Don’t Break Anything On My Computer with your permanent host, Microsoft. This month’s edition includes approximately ...

https://boot13.com/windows/patch-tuesday-for-december-2021/

As usual, this month's collection includes updates for Windows 7, but those updates remain tantalizingly out of reach for most Windows 7 users, because obtaining them involves entering into a spe...

https://boot13.com/windows/patch-tuesday-for-november-2021/

Since Windows 11 isn't even officially released yet, it's difficult to predict exactly how updates will be handled for that O/S. However, it's a safe bet that updates will be shoved down our thro...

https://boot13.com/windows/patch-tuesday-for-october-2021/

Meanwhile, Mozilla has discovered how to get past the hurdles Microsoft erected to prevent Firefox from making itself the default web browser automatically.

https://boot13.com/microsoft/windows-11-workarounds/

This month's patches address a total of NINETY-THREE SECURITY VULNERABILITIES, in Office, Edge, SharePoint, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Windows Server, Windows 10, Windows 7, and Windows 8...

https://boot13.com/windows/patch-tuesday-for-september-2021/

If you're running Windows 10, hold onto your britches as Microsoft installs the new updates remotely on your computer, and hopefully doesn't break anything this time.

https://boot13.com/windows/patch-tuesday-for-august-2021/

According to my analysis of the data available from Microsoft's Security Update Guide , we've got updates for Edge, Office, Exchange Server, SharePoint, Visual Studio Code, Windows (7, 8.1, and 1...

https://boot13.com/windows/patch-tuesday-for-july-2021/