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KB5021751, the Microsoft update that wants to check Office data on users' PCs

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Microsoft released the KB5021751 update in January, explaining that it was to „help“ the company identify how many users were still running unsupported or soon-to-be-unsupported versions of.
Why it matters: A patch recently released via Windows Update scared Office users away, as Microsoft was seemingly going after data about older Office versions. Now the company explains: it’s for your own good, privacy is paramount, etc.
Microsoft released the KB5021751 update in January, explaining that it was to „help“ the company identify how many users were still running unsupported or soon-to-be-unsupported versions of the Office productivity suite. Microsoft was seemingly searching for info over users of Office 2013, Office 2010, and Office 2007, with an update that would run only once in „silent mode“ to collect data and then remove itself from the system.

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