KB3085515 was released on Patch Tuesday and was recalled when its side effects were brought to light. The update applies to Office 2010 but has been causing problems specifically to Access 2010 users. If you installed KB3085515 in the brief window that it was available, you might experience the following problems: Unable to open Microsoft Visual Basic-enabled … [Read more...]
Microsoft recalls KB3114717 after Word, Excel, Outlook 2013 freeze following February 2016 Patch Tuesday
From Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday earlier this week, Microsoft has recalled KB3114717, an optional update for Office 2013. The patch was recalled following reports of Word, Outlook, and Excel 2013 freezing up on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 computers following the update. One CPU core would spike to 100% and make it impossible to edit the document. As Microsoft … [Read more...]
SOLVED: “This modification is not allowed because the selection is locked.”
Updated May 22, 2017 If you're getting a message at the bottom of Word 2007, Word 2010, or other products in the Office suite whenever you try to change the document saying "This modifications is not allowed because the selection is locked.", this article should answer your question 'why' and tell you how to make your document editable again. There are four possible … [Read more...]