{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_bn6tpd75qi6yex2s5cka","title":"Microsoft Office suddenly needs to reactivate? A bad update might be why","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/microsoft-office-suddenly-needs-to-reactivate-a-bad-update-might-be-why-bn6tpd75qi","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_bn6tpd75qi6yex2s5cka","seq":484401,"kind":"article","title":"Microsoft Office suddenly needs to reactivate? A bad update might be why","url":"https://www.pcworld.com/article/3245610/microsoft-office-suddenly-needs-to-reactivate-a-bad-update-might-be-why.html","summary":"Microsoft recently released optional out-of-band update KB5002907 , intended to bring outdated versions of Microsoft 365 Apps back in sync and continuing to receive updates. However, Microsoft quickly halted the rollout of this update due to a serious issue. This update was for Windows PCs on which Microsoft 365 Apps were more than 90 days out of date and either on the Current Channel or Monthly Enterprise Channel. Installing the update would allow those apps to be updated…","published":"2026-09-28T14:21:38Z","seen":"2026-09-28T17:25:57Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-pcworld-com-11ecbd","name":"pcworld.com","domain":"pcworld.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q707291","name":"PC World","type":"magazine","designations":["magazine","online magazine","review site","website"]}},"via":"kite-pcworld-com-11ecbd","topics":["microsoft","professional software, windows"],"entities":[{"id":"Q11255","name":"Microsoft Office","type":"org"}],"image":"https://www.pcworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/3245610-0-18595900-1790605314-new-Microsoft-Office-365-app-icon.png","story":"st_bn6tpd75qi6yex2s5cka","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.5299999713897705,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5299999713897705,"political":0.03999999910593033}]}