5 comments

  • htrp 15 minutes ago

    > "The paste operation might fail silently," according to Microsoft.

    > Excel 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2024 are affected. Microsoft said: "Although users try to paste content, the source remains selected and the destination is unmodified. When this issue occurs, users receive no indication of the failure, such as a beep or error message."

    How many people wrote lgtm on the security patch?

      cube00 9 minutes ago

      Similar behaviour here:

      > Related tools, including Microsoft Management Console (MMC), RDS Licensing Diagnoser, and File Explorer might also become unresponsive," Microsoft admitted.

      > "Additionally, the Windows Update page might stop responding and continuously display a loading indicator."

      This culture of trying to avoid showing the user an error message has to stop.

  • xvxvx 14 minutes ago

    Aside from the audio issue, it feels like the remote access and pasting issues should have been discovered in QA. This constant slide in quality over the past few years has me looking to Linux as an option.

      ainar-g 2 minutes ago

      > This constant slide in quality over the past few years has me looking to Linux as an option.

      Just out of curiosity, what's holding you back? I'm not trying to evangelize or something, it's more of a personal collection of reasons various people have provided that I have.

      baal80spam 7 minutes ago

      > in QA

      No such thing in Microsoft AD 2026