• Microsoft confirms: Visio online stops working with Win10 1903

    Here’s one I missed…

    Sergiu Gatlan at BleepingComputer points to an official Office online document that says:

    Visio stops working when using the keyboard

    You may have experienced the Visio app becoming slow or stalling when using the keyboard. This issue occurs on Windows version 1903. If you don’t know which version of Windows you have, see Which version of Windows OS am I running?

    This is a known issue and we are actively working on a fix.

    There’s a workaround — turn off Show text suggestions as I type — but no details about the 1903 build number.

    The Microsoft 365 Service Status page lists the bug, saying:

    Current status: We’ve completed development of the fix and we’ll begin performing exhaustive internal validation before deploying to the affected environments. We expect this validation phase to take an extended period of time while we ensure the effectiveness of our fix. Once the validation is complete, we will deploy it in the next Windows update.

    Scope of impact: This issue may affect any of your Microsoft Visio users that are on Windows Build 1903 and have the “Show text suggestions as I type” feature enabled.

    Start time: Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 12:00 AM UTC

    Root cause: A code issue within Microsoft Windows is causing the Microsoft Visio service to experience stalls or delays.

    Next update by: Thursday, September 26, 2019, at 7:00 AM UTC

    MS has known about this since May 21. I’m really late to the party….