Microsoft

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6 months until end of Windows XP support.

The end of Windows XP and Office 2003 support from Microsoft is now only 6 months away. As in our previous news item, from April 2014, there will no longer be any operating system or security updates made available from Microsoft. Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office 2010 updates

We have started to force the Office 2010 Service Pack 2 installation to all our managed PCs since 29 August.

Once the install has finished, the next time that Outlook is opened, you may experience sluggish opening of your InBox, if a re-index for Search occurs.

Also, PCs may run more slowly whilst the install is running.

Office 2010 SP2 has been available since end of July and contains significant bug and performance fixes.  We normally push current Office SP to desktops around this time every year.

The only known issues with SP2 are not relevant, as they apply only to Server 2003.

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Microsoft Office 2013 & Office 365

ITS have received a number of queries regarding Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365.

Neither of these versions of Office are compatible with operating systems as old as Windows XP or Windows Vista.

As a staff member or student, you can obtain a Windows 8 upgrade via www.theultimatesteal.co.uk but we recommend that you check the system requirements and specifications carefully.

IT Services do not recommend installing either of these versions of Office software on University owned devices at this time as we are still investigating core systems compatibility.

As soon as we have more information regarding this, we will update this article