After Office 2024 launches in October, Microsoft will disable ActiveX controls by default in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio client apps. ActiveX is a legacy software framework introduced in 1996 ...

Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. Introduced almost three decades ago, in 1996, ...

Microsoft has been on the warpath against legacy Office features that are providing entry points for bad actors since 2018. Microsoft will disable ActiveX controls by default in the Office suite, ...

Microsoft has issued a notification in the Admin Center to warn users that the upcoming Office 2024 will ship with ActiveX turned off by default. Microsoft Office 2024, the latest version of the ...

Windows administrators are going to be busy next week, as Microsoft Corp. plans to release a dozen security patches for its products. The updates will include a fix for a widely reported vulnerability ...

In context: Microsoft introduced ActiveX in 1996 during Windows 95 days. So, in technological terms, it's ancient. Redmond designed it as a developer framework, allowing users to embed interactive ...