OneDrive is broken: Microsoft’s cloudy storage drops from the sky for EU users
It is OneDrive’s turn to get a beating with the stick of fail as the service took a tumble this morning. Issues first began appearing at around 08:00 GMT as…
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It’s a patch bonanza as Microsoft showers its OS platforms with update love
Tucked innocuously among a swathe of fixes ranging from dealing with Russian time zone changes to fixing wobbly Hyper-V servers is the text: “Addresses an issue in File Explorer that…
Microsoft suffers the Tuesday shakes as Exchange Online continues to be wobbly for UK users
Microsoft’s on-again, off-again relationship with the Outlook clients of UK Office 365 subscribers has entered its second day, and some users found themselves still unable to access their email.
Microsoft readies the swatter as more bugs wriggle out of the Windows 10 woodwork
The “days without a Windows 10 incident” clock has been reset to zero once again as a tired Microsoft engineer updated the “known issues” page to reflect that, well, there…
Microsoft reveals terrible trio of bugs that knocked out Azure, Office 362.5 multi-factor auth logins for 14 hours
Redmond said on Monday this week that there were three separate cock-ups that combined to cause the cascading mess that left Azure and Office 363 users unable to sign-in for…
Windows 10 Version 1809 Breaks Windows Media Player
As if there weren’t already enough problems with this release, Windows 10 version 1809 breaks Windows Media Player too.
Microsoft blocks Windows 10 October Update on more PCs after Intel driver borkage
MICROSOFT HAS BLOCKED even more users from downloading the dreaded October 2018 Update for Windows 10. This time it’s the Intel Display Driver that the new code has taken objection…
Microsoft leaks cause of Windows 10 October Update File Deletion bug
A week ago Microsoft posted a two thousand word self-congratulatory blog post on how each bi-yearly Windows Update was better than the last, with happier users and fewer issues each…
New era for Japan, familiar problems: Microsoft withdraws crash-tastic patches
Stop us if you’ve heard this one, but Microsoft has pulled a couple of buggy patches in Office. It also left a crash-worthy Outlook security fix in place.
Dutch audit finds Microsoft Office leaks confidential data
A report commissioned by the Dutch government has recommended disabling any settings in Microsoft Office 2016 that sends data to Microsoft servers.
Microsoft confirms: We fixed Azure by turning it off and on again. PS: Office 362 is still borked
Microsoft is recovering somewhat from a bad case of the Mondays that left some of its subscribers unable to use multi-factor authentication to log into their cloud services.
Microsoft slips ads into Windows 10 Mail client – then U-turns so hard, it warps fabric of reality
Microsoft was, and maybe still is, considering injecting targeted adverts into the Windows 10 Mail app. The ads would appear at the top of inboxes of folks using the client…
It’s November 2018, and Microsoft’s super-secure Edge browser can be pwned eight different ways by a web page
This month, Microsoft has kicked out fixes for 62 CVE-listed vulnerabilities for both its workstation and server editions of Windows as well as Office, Edge and Internet Explorer.
Microsoft covertly collects personal data from enterprise Office ProPlus users
Experts raised privacy concerns when a data protection impact assessment found Microsoft covertly collects personal data from users of the enterprise version of Office ProPlus.
Microsoft Warns Windows 10 Has An Expensive Problem
Microsoft’s activation servers have started accidentally downgrading expensive Windows 10 Pro systems into cheaper Windows 10 Home PCs, then invalidating their licences. Needless to say, that’s a nasty financial hit…