Microsoft's Silent Update Checks Your Windows PC for Old Versions of Office - PCMag

Microsoft is moving an update connected Windows PCs that volition silently cheque for aged copies of Office.

As The Register reports(Opens successful a caller window), details of the update were revealed connected the Microsoft enactment website earlier this month. Update KB5021751(Opens successful a caller window) is described arsenic "intended to help Microsoft place the fig of users moving out-of-support (or soon to beryllium out-of-support) versions of Office, including Office 2013, Office 2010, and Office 2007." No item is fixed arsenic to wherefore Microsoft decided to execute this check.

The update volition "run 1 clip silently without installing thing connected the user's device" and nary restart volition beryllium required aft it runs. It's improbable the immense bulk of Windows users volition adjacent announcement the update has been downloaded and run, but the accusation it collects volition beryllium transmitted backmost to Microsoft.

Although Microsoft hasn't explained wherefore this cheque is being performed, it astir apt relates to the information support for Office 2013 ends(Opens successful a caller window) connected April 11 this year. Microsoft wants to cognize however galore radical inactive person these precise aged copies of office suite installed, arsenic that whitethorn find if and erstwhile immoderate aboriginal updates are required to support information connected those systems. If Microsoft decides to explicate successful much item wherefore this update is running, we'll update our sum accordingly.