Outlook Windows/Mac blocks images linked in emails, so does Gmail (in browser) as an option. Why? And why is it best to leave the block on except when needed? The image block does seem to be a nuisance. Outlook shows rectangles where images should go and a message you can click to see the images. […]
About the special ‘Hidden info’ image included in Office for Mere Mortals. As part of an article on Outlook security Office-Watch.com made a special ‘image’ that displays, within an email, some system information sent by Outlook to the Internet. This image was included in Office for Mere Mortals for Monday 25 July 2016 . There’s […]
The Q4 earning report for Microsoft is out with continued good news for Office 365 and Office. There are now over 23 million Office 365 consumer subscribers, up from 15.2 million a year ago. That’s in addition to the business users including new arrival, Facebook. There are now 90,000 ‘partners’ selling Office 365 to small […]
Facebook has announced that it’s moving all their 13,000 employees to Microsoft Office, specifically Office 365 with Exchange Server hosting for mail, calendar and contacts. Facebook will continue with it’s own collaboration systems. Every week there’s another announcement of an organization switching to Office 365. Office Watch sees them all the time and sometimes more […]
This months security patches for Windows and Office include two very concerning bugs. There’s a patch for a security bug in the Print spooler. That’s the software which sends documents to your printer. The flaw allows external print drivers to be installed on a network printer. Because print drivers are installed with high-level access, that […]
