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• User interface annoyances

  Posted on September 9, 2024 at 02:43 CDT by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Will Fastie

  The user interface for Windows 11 is changing almost monthly, and sometimes even more quickly.

  It’s not clear why, nor are the benefits of the changes explained. Many of the changes arrive silently and are noticed only when something doesn’t work as expected.

  Here are a few of my personal aggravations.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.37.0, 2024-09-09).

  Windows 11 Excel, File Explorer, Newsletters, Office 365, OneNote, Outlook, User Interface, Windows 11, Windows Lock Screen, Word

• Email authentication and older clients don’t mix

  Posted on August 5, 2024 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  For many years, email was the standard way to communicate.

  I still remember a business study from long ago about how plain old email was used on a car manufacturer’s shop floor to keep track of the inventory. It was fast, it was immediate, and everyone used it.

  What happened to that “just works” platform?

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.32.0, 2024-08-05).

  On Security DKIM, DMARC, Email Clients, Modern Authentication, Newsletters, OAuth, Outlook, Outlook (classic), Outlook (new), Patch Lady Posts, PST files, smtp2go, SPF

• What cheeses me off: Microsoft Office edition

  Posted on July 29, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  MICROSOFT 365

  

  By Peter Deegan

  Having endured and written about Microsoft Office for more than two decades, I offer my list of annoyances and timewasters in Microsoft Office, especially Word.

  I came up with my top ten annoyances without breaking a sweat. Some are deliberate choices made by Microsoft to advance its own agenda or save money. Others have appeared over time as Microsoft has ignored the changing reality for its customers.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.31.0, 2024-07-29).

  Microsoft 365 Excel, Microsoft 365, Newsletters, Office, Outlook, Word

• No break from vulnerabilities

  Posted on July 15, 2024 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Microsoft is releasing updates for a large number of vulnerabilities this month.

  Meanwhile, Apple is busy working on iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, tvOS 18, HomePod software 18, and watchOS 11. Currently, the updates are released for developers and will soon be coming to the public for beta testing. The Mac OS preview for Sequoia will bring artificial intelligence to Mac models with Apple silicon.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.29.0, 2024-07-15).

  Patch Watch BitLocker, CVE-2024-38072, CVE-2024-38073, CVE-2024-38078, CVE-2024-38080, CVE-2024-38099, CVE-2024-38112, KB5035434, KB5039302, KB5040427, KB5040936, KB5040939, KB5040940, KB5040942, KB5040944, KB5040946, KB5040986, Newsletters, Outlook, Outlook (classic), Outlook (new), Patch Lady Posts

• Outlook signatures

  Posted on June 17, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  MICROSOFT 365

  

  By Peter Deegan

  The Signature feature in Outlook is nice, but it has lots of gotchas at the moment.

  It’s a mess. A lot depends on which Outlook software you’re using and what type of mailbox you have (i.e., Microsoft-hosted or not). This is hopefully a transitional situation, but it means that much of the online advice about Outlook signatures is either out of date, incomplete, or just plain wrong.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.25.0, 2024-06-17).

  Microsoft 365 Newsletters, Office, Outlook, Signatures

• Five reasons not to use the new Outlook

  Posted on March 11, 2024 at 02:43 CDT by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  MICROSOFT 365

  

  By Peter Deegan

  Outlook (new) for Windows is being over-promoted.

  When Microsoft pushes this hard, you might think you must change now. I’ll give you five reasons to stay with your current Outlook, at least for now. And I’ll offer some tips for keeping your current email app, despite a pushy Microsoft.

  “Outlook (new)” is the name Microsoft uses at the moment. (It’s Microsoft, so “for Windows” is assumed). For this article, in an attempt to avoid confusion, I’ll call the current Outlook for Windows “classic Outlook,” by which I mean the traditional desktop version of Outlook.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.11.0, 2024-03-11).

  Microsoft 365 Classic Outlook, Newsletters, Outlook, Outlook (new), Outlook Mobile, Windows Calendar, Windows Mail

• All the places a “missing” email can be hiding

  Posted on February 26, 2024 at 02:44 CST by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  MICROSOFT 365

  

  By Peter Deegan

  If an email hasn’t arrived, there are many reasons why it’s not sitting in your Inbox. Before complaining to the sender, save yourself embarrassment by checking the many other hiding places.

  Over 20-plus years, I’ve had a lot of experience from both sides of a missing email. I’ve traced missing emails sent to me and helped people trace messages that my site, Office-Watch.com, sent to them.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.09.0, 2024-02-26).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Microsoft 365 Email, Email Servers, Gmail, Junk Email, Newsletters, Outlook, Outlook.com

• Outlook mobile is an awful app for iPhone or Android

  Posted on November 13, 2023 at 02:43 CST by Peter Deegan • Comment in the Forums

  SOFTWARE

  

  By Peter Deegan

  Outlook mobile is pushed relentlessly by Microsoft, giving the impression that it’s the best or only way to link with email, calendar, and contacts on mobile devices such as phones.

  I do not recommend Outlook mobile, mostly because of privacy concerns and the clumsy interface — especially when there are perfectly good apps already on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.46.0, 2023-11-13).

  Software Newsletters, Outlook, Outlook Lite, Outlook Mobile
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