A new security threat known as the VML vulnerability has just been patched by Microsoft with a possibility of email messages taking advantage of this security gap in Windows. This is important because there’s a possibility of email messages taking advantage of this security gap in Windows. Just displaying a
Excel 2007 had a serious bug where some numbers display as ” 100,000 ” regardless of the true value around 65,535 and 65,536. Excel 2007 and Excel Services 2007 had a problem with a few numbers it doesn’t like … truly. A few numbers around the 65,535 and the 65,536
In the name of ‘security’ some features of Office 2003 are disabled upon installing Service Pack 3 – a cheap shortcut by Microsoft to save themselves the bother of making a real fix. Some of them might not trouble you but others could be an unexpected ‘surprise’. Microsoft has released
Some new and obviously bogus ‘security bulletins’ arrive via email – but why doesn’t Outlook detect them? There’s another round of bogus Microsoft security bulletins appearing in Inboxes again – these ones are notable only because the Outlook junk email filter and phishing protection do NOT detect them despite some
Google Docs now has Powerpoint like features – or at least the beginnings of it … Earlier this year, Google purchased a small company that developed presentation software – in other words ‘Powerpoint on the Web’ – we’ll now it’s here. Google Docs has been extended from documents and spreadsheets
Microsoft is offering Office 2007 for a ‘steal’ (their word) to college students in various countries. Microsoft is offering Office 2007 Ultimate edition for a fraction of the regular price to college students from now until April 2008. In the US, Office 2007 Ultimate edition is officially $679 but college
The new ‘ribbon’ interface in Office 2007 is officially called the ‘Fluent’ interface and there are some nifty shortcut tricks available. The new ‘ribbon’ interface in Office 2007 is officially called the ‘Fluent’ interface and there are some nifty shortcut tricks available. First off, keep in mind that the ribbon
Do you have trouble with Outlook 2007 and other programs running slowly under Windows Vista? We have some theories about the problem and some possible workarounds that might help you. Do you have trouble with Outlook 2007 and other programs running slowly under Windows Vista? Opening Explorer windows, saving documents
The August 2007 spam update for Outlook doesn’t keep pace with fast moving spammers and phishers. In the August bundle of updates for Windows and Office is an update to the Junk Email Definitions for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. This particular update barely keeps up with the latest developments
From: CNN How does your country compare when it comes to paid vacation and public holidays. CNN has a list of countries to compare paid vacation and public holiday laws around the world – the table is here. It’s not mentioned, but clicking on the column headings will re-sort the
If you’d like to know more about the licence on a Vista computer there’s a simple way to do that. With product activation on Windows Vista it can be more than the standard ‘one time’ activation which applies to retail and small business versions. For large deployments there are more
Some tips for cutting back on the brochures you lug back from a trade show or conference. Going to a trade show can be interesting and tiring. One strategy for getting though the booths in a reasonable time is to just collect the brochures and keep moving. The problem then
About Office 2007 Galleries June H writes: ” I clicked on an Office 2007 banner ad that talked about a feature called ‘Margin Galleries’ but I could not find anything about it on the site I was taken to. Can you explain? “ We’ve had a few messages like this,
When did Office 2007 get a ‘Fluent’ interface? In Office 2007 ads you may see mentions of the ‘intuitive new Fluent interface‘ … ‘Fluent’ is just the fancy name for the Office 2007 interface – ribbons, tabs, galleries etc. I guess the marketing people had a long lunch and decided
Where is the long-promised add-in to support ODF document formats Microsoft has its own document formats supported fully in Office 2007 (OpenXML documents), there’s a similar set of document formats in the open source world, the Open Document Format https://office-watch.com/?110 Cleverly hedging their bets, Microsoft arranged for an external group
Only one Office related patch in July –for many and various flavours of Excel. Only one Office related patch in July – for many and various flavours of Excel. The patches cover three more ‘remote code execution’ problems where a craftily made Excel worksheet could allow unwanted nasty programs onto
From: Microsoft Live CRM service defines new level of affordability for customers, expands software plus services opportunities for partners. DENVER — July 10, 2007 — At its Worldwide Partner Conference today, Microsoft Corp. announced the kickoff of its partner-led customer early access program for Microsoft Dynamics™ Live CRM, as well
How to remove the current plague of spam alleging “You’ve received a … “ Many people have been getting the latest incarnation of spam – messages with a subject starting with “You’ve received a” followed by a mix of alleged message types and affiliation group. These spams started with things
Google has a path to migrate your Exchange Server or Lotus Notes mail stores to Google Apps for Domains. Google has released a clear pathway to migrate corporate email from Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes to their Google Apps for Domains service. It uses the IMAP feature in Exchange or
Replace the Sidebar notes applet with one that links to your Outlook Notes folder. The Windows Sidebar in Vista is a configurable collection of ‘gadgets’ that can display all manner of things. One of the ‘out of the box’ gadgets is ‘Notes’ which lets you type in small chunks of
Microsoft has announced desktop search updates for Vista Service Pack 1. Microsoft has announced some changes to Windows Vista and their desktop search feature. These changes will make it easier for other desktop search tools to integrate with Vista – and that’s a good thing for all Office users. At
Some Outlook users have the option to recover deleted items even after they have disappeared. If your copy of Outlook is connected to Microsoft Exchange Server then the Deleted Items folder is a little different in two respects. When items are deleted from the ‘Deleted Items’ folder they are not
A new US court decision may make your email more accessible than you’d like. The legal battle about the status of emails continues with a US Federal Court in Cincinnati adding more mud to already unclear waters. When emails are stored on computers out of your direct control (like an
Why the Deleted Items folder is your friend There’s a feeling around for some people that they need to keep their Outlook ‘clean’ or ‘uncluttered’ with messages removed from the Inbox immediately and even the deleted items folder kept empty. While this sounds like a good idea, it’s really not
