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 Security Defaults in Microsoft 365 Are Stupid Everyone hates them. Can we just get back to using passwords again? Here's how we turn them off. The settings are very well hidden, in 2023, they are buried deep inside Azure.  For your office 365 email tenant, you need to find the Microsoft Azure portal for your domain. Use this link: https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/ActiveDirectoryMenuBlade/~/Properties By doing this, you are living dangerously. You have been warned.

Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12 Provider is not registered Scenario: Windows 7, Office 2013, and Visual Studio 2010 VB.net with the following lines in your code: myConn = New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=|DataDirectory|\salesreportdb.accdb") ... fails at the connection.open statement.  See the debug session error message: The Fix: First, install the 64 bit version of Access Database Engine 2010 by using the standard installer.  Then install the 32 bit version of the AccessDatabaseEngine 2010 runtime with the /passive switch on the command line.  Specifically, download the 32 bit version of Access Database Engine, using this link:   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=13255   Finally install the 32 bit edition using the /passive switch. In your visual studio project change the compile settings to 32 bit.  Then change back to AnyCPU.  This part is optional. Re-run it.   Meaning: This means...

Office 365: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe" /update user updatetoversion=16.0.12827.20470 Office 2016: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe" /update user updatetoversion=16.0.12827.20470 See the Reddit Post https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/hrq0mn/outlook_immediately_crashing_on_open_after/fy5nnx2/

Find and Remove Incorrect Office 2019 Keys Remove a bad key that you installed previously. Using cmd.exe DOS prompt in elevated mode. in this directory C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16 Office 2016 / 2019: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16 Office 2013: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15 look for ospp.vbs Looking for ospp.vbs Show the keys Now you can check the license status by running the script called ospp.vbs, which is located in your Office program folder. cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus (will show you the keys circled) Remove the keys To remove your Office product key, you need to use the /unpkeyswitch, along with the last 5 characters of the product key. cscript ospp.vbs /unpkey:{last five characters of product key} Using key tool See: https://www.top-password.com/blog/remove-license-product-key-for-office-2016-2013/...

The Windows Update Hall of Shame Occasionally, Windows updates can be really bad and really screw up your computers. Here's my list of the worst offenders.  These are only bad because they really screw up when Sophos Antivirus is installed.  Some of these are showstoppers for Microsoft Exchange. KB4493472 This update can really interfere with Sophos antivirus. See the related story.   https://community.sophos.com/products/endpoint-security-control/f/sophos-endpoint-software/112101/sav-service-hangs-after-installing-kb4493472   If you have Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008, expect real trouble if you allow this one. KB4499164 Once again, more issues caused by an update rollup. Causes Sophos Antivirus protected machines to hang and freeze.    It appears that once again there are conflicts with Sophos and the most recent (MAY) patch Tuesday from Microsoft.  www.theregister.co.uk/.../   "Its advice on what to do is pretty blunt: uninst...

Visio KMS client key from Microsoft You can use these with AutoKMS tool such as Office Toolkit 2.4.9 (office 2010/2013) which will re-arm them once every 180 days. So you are always in the grace period.  At the bottom of this page are keys for Visio 2019.  If you are here to figure out how to get a free copy of Visio activated on your computer, without paying Microsoft for it, then God or Allah will judge you later for your sins. Your soul will be sent to the underworld to be tormented by Satan for these sins. Please pay for your software! Visio Standard 2010 767HD-QGMWX-8QTDB-9G3R2-KHFGJ Visio Professional 2010 7MCW8-VRQVK-G677T-PDJCM-Q8TCP Visio Premium 2010 D9DWC-HPYVV-JGF4P-BTWQB-WX8BJ Keys from our Russian friends. you can only install with these keys, you cannot activate. ========================================================================= Visio Premium 2010: ========================================================================= C383V-HPHM...