More details on those two yanked Office non-security patches, and the one known bad security patch that’s still being pushed

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So what do you do when Microsoft crashes your copy of Outlook, says you shouldn’t uninstall the security patch that fixes it, and offers Outlook Web A
[See the full post at: More details on those two yanked Office non-security patches, and the one known bad security patch that’s still being pushed]

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woody wrote:

The issue only affects 64-bit installations of Outlook 2010.

What percentage of Outlook 2010 users installed the 64-bit version, and are still using it? 1%?

“we recommend running 32-bit Office 2010 even on 64-bit Windows operating systems for better compatibility.”
Understanding 64-Bit Office

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For me, I am using Outlook 2010 32 bit version on Win 7 64 bit. I intend using it for as long as possible, because I cannot justify the expensive subscription for current versions of Office.

Chris
Win 10 Pro x64 Group A

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Ditto. It’s hard to justify the upgrade expense when 2010 adequately suits your needs.  For Microsoft, that ‘user attitude’ is the problem. Users who don’t upgrade reduce  profit.

Use beyond October requires risk assessment.   I will need to think about replacing Outlook but personal use of  Excel and Word is low risk so I forsee no great problem continuing with them beyond their stated ‘use by’ date. There’s been no need to touch the rest of the package for about six years and those components are uninstalled already.  Microsoft do have little known free access account similar to Google’s Docs, Sheets, etc.   Just sign in to Office online. 

 

Group A (but Telemetry disabled Tasks and Registry)
1) Dell Inspiron with Win 11 64 Home permanently in dock due to "sorry spares no longer made".
2) Dell Inspiron with Win 11 64 Home (substantial discount with Pro version available only at full price)

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In the United States alone, or world wide.  Stable systems are prized over the neatest newest  program or app in government or enterprise. So is Office 2010 with Outlook 2010 still being used widely, yes, even over 365.  So yes b, this is a serious problem among those users.

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flackcatcher wrote:

So is Office 2010 with Outlook 2010 still being used widely, yes, even over 365.

My point was about the affected 64-bit version, which was never recommended so not widely installed.

But do you seriously think there are more than 187.5 million copies of Outlook 2010 still in use when it’s been out of mainstream support for more than three years?

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Agreed b, x64 Office 2010 was widely shunned in favor of x86 version, however, extended support for Office 2010 ends on 13th October 2020 which leaves 23 months of security patches to go for those home-users or businesses that use it.

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The point is not how many users there are or what percentage of a particular group of people uses a product. Rather, the point is that when a company says it will support a product until a certain date, then they need to support that product and they need to support it correctly, properly, and in a timely fashion. Period.

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You asked a question. I answered your question. Now if want to move the goal posts, go right ahead. Now there are critical issues dealing with backbone comm systems including how to integrate programs like Outlook into on going cloud like infrastructure. But that’s not the question you ask, Next time, be a little more honest at what you are getting at here.

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There was nothing dishonest about my 64-bit question, but I did misunderstand your comment about “even over 365”. I accept that some still use Outlook 2010, but largely the 32-bit version.

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Though I continue to use Word 2010 and Excel 2010 which still work and that I paid for way back when, I abandoned Outlook 2010 for the free Mozilla Thunderbird a couple years ago because that version of Outlook had been plagued for some time with comes-and-goes instability and update issues. I too am dumbfounded that anyone would still be wrestling with that program.

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I tried uninstall KB2863821 and KB4461522 on W 8.1/64 (Office 2010) and it took me hours with no success.

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Windows 7, x64 Home Premium, Group A, Office 2010 32-bit

I installed KB4461522 and KB2863821 on November 7th. I installed the November monthly rollup successfully on November 14th. To my surprise, the installation date listed for KB4461522 and KB2863821 under View Installed Updates was November 14th and not November 7th. So apparently, the November monthly rollup contained code to integrate those two Office updates. Accordingly, I did not even dare to consider uninstalling the Office updates as I feared that doing so would corrupt other aspects of the successful installation of the November monthly rollup. In fact, the altered installation dates that I observed under View Installed Updates may explain why the prior post indicated that the user was unable to uninstall those two updates – perhaps those Office updates cannot be uninstalled once the November monthly rollup is subsequently installed.

I have not noticed any issues with Outlook 2010. I would imagine that the experienced forum members would only recommend to uninstall such updates when problems with product functionality have been noticed. That point may be now irrelevant if those offending Office updates can no longer be uninstalled once the November monthly rollup has been installed.

 

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woody wrote:

… and you can’t log on to OWA because of a Multi-Factor Authorization bug?

Fixed now:

Current status: We’ve confirmed that MFA requests are being processed successfully. We’re continuing to monitor the service to ensure that impact has been remediated.
https://status.office365.com/

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woody

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Took ’em a while, eh?

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For football fans, the answer is obvious.  Drop back and punt!

 

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