Only in major cases will the company quickly release a repair update. Microsoft is slow to both admit an update mistake and slow to repair patch problems. See ‘ How did this happen? a chain of bad bug fixes’. It took Microsoft over two months to finally close the book on that issue (we hope). Finally a THIRD patch, weeks later, to fix the second update.
It took another two months for the company to fix the first update. Fixing software is a very complex business and the update causes more bugs!Ī recent case saw Microsoft release a faulty update for Office. Sometimes Microsoft software patches cause trouble. Office 365’s new and changed features don’t always suit customers who prefer known and stable software. Microsoft likes to pretend that’s a good and harmless process but it’s not.įixes for software bugs sometimes cause trouble. Normally Office for Windows will update itself automatically. Office 365 software gets those security & non-security bug fixes plus new and updated features. Microsoft Office documents are far and away the most common way computers are infected, so fixing security bugs is important. patches to stop security bugs that might allow access to your computer.
Office for WindowsĪll versions of Office that have current support (currently Office 2010 and later) get: Here are two options to stop Microsoft Office for Windows from automatically updating itself and why you might want to do that.
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