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Microsoft fixes Windows Server 2022 bug breaking device boot
Microsoft has fixed a bug that was causing some Windows Server 2022 systems with two or more NUMA nodes to fail to start up. NUMA (short for non-uniform memory access) is a computer memory architecture in which multiple processors are connected to the same shared memory pool via high-speed interconnections to control performance bottlenecks. This design is extensively used in…
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Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook crashing when writing emails
Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue that causes classic Outlook to crash when writing, replying to, or forwarding an email. These problems appear after updating Outlook for Microsoft 365, Outlook 2021, Outlook 2019, or Outlook 2016 to Version 2412 (Build 18324.20168), released on January 7, and will trigger “0xc0000005” exception codes. “You can confirm if this…
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Microsoft starts force upgrading Windows 11 22H2, 23H3 devices
Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 11 24H2 to eligible, non-managed systems running the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2. According to the company’s Lifecycle Policy site, Windows 11 23H2 will reach the end of support in October 2025, while Windows 11 22H2 Home and Pro have already reached it in October 2024. “We have reached a new stage in the phased…
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Microsoft removes Assassin’s Creed Windows 11 upgrade blocks
Earlier this week, Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Assassin’s Creed Origins patches to fix Windows 11 24H2 compatibility issues that caused crashes, freezes, and audio problems. In late November, Microsoft blocked Windows 24H2 upgrades on PCs with Assassin’s Creed, Star Wars Outlaws, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, following a stream of user complaints on Reddit [1, 2] and the…
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Microsoft adds ‘pay-as-you-go’ access for AI agents with M365 Copilot Chat – Computerworld
M365 Copilot Chat agent usage is measured in “message” credits. These are charged either with a pay-as-you-go model at 1 cent per message, or with pre-paid message bundles priced at $200 for 25,000 messages, Microsoft said in a blog post. Microsoft sets out four types of agent “answers,” or responses, that each consume a different number of message credits. For…
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Microsoft files suit against threat actors abusing AI services
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against 10 foreign threat actors, accusing the group of stealing API keys for its Azure OpenAI service and using it to run a hacking as a service operation. According to the complaint, filed in December 2024, Microsoft discovered the customer API keys were being used to generate illicit content in late July that year. After…
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Microsoft 365 Personal vs. Microsoft 365 Family features and pricing
UPDATED 1/17/2025: Microsoft 365 is a subscription service offered by Microsoft that provides various productivity and collaboration tools. It’s essentially a cloud-based version of the familiar suite of Office apps but with some additional benefits. The company offers two subscription plans: Microsoft 365 Personal, for one user, and the Microsoft 365 Family plan, for up to six people. The new plans…
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Microsoft to End Support for Office 365 Apps on Windows 10 in October
Microsoft has announced that the final day it will offer security support for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Windows 10 will be Oct. 14, 2025. Businesses that rely on Microsoft 365 apps and use the outdated operating system must upgrade to Windows 11. “After that date, if you’re running Microsoft 365 on a Windows 10 device, the applications will continue…
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Microsoft fixes Office 365 apps crashing on Windows Server systems
Microsoft has fixed a known issue that caused Microsoft 365 applications and Classic Outlook to crash on Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 systems. The root cause is a recent Office update, which integrated the React Native framework to support certain Microsoft 365 apps’ features, while the impact was limited to Microsoft 365 users who updated their classic Outlook and Microsoft 365 apps…
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Support for Microsoft 365 on Windows 10 ends in mid-October – Computerworld
The blog post raised numerous questions, and has since been deleted by Microsoft. However, there was no correction or explanation. What the software giant was actually getting at is shown by a support page on the subject that was updated in December. Here, too, Microsoft points out that Microsoft 365 apps will no longer be supported under Windows 10 after…
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