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 Office has supported ActiveX for years as an option for extending and automating documents, but it has also been a significant security vulnerability. Microsoft is finally starting to turn ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you’re using Microsoft Outlook Express in Internet Explorer 5.0 for e-mail and you don’t disable the ActiveX Controls feature, someone could send you a message that could wipe ...