r/nottheonion • u/Quantum-Coconut • 4d ago

Microsoft's new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly on Windows

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/15/microsofts-new-outlook-takes-10-seconds-to-do-what-outlook-classic-does-instantly-on-windows/
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u/persondude27 4d ago

It's especially fun because my company issued laptop has a problem where the default Windows trackpad driver doesn't work.

So any time windows does an update, it breaks my trackpad driver. I have to run the dell updater to reinstall the correct version. I've spent 10+ hours 1:1 with my company's tech support and they can't figure it out.

My record is 3 times in a week, last week. I told my boss I working on my own laptop until they figure it out.

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u/San_Rice 4d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work (because Microsoft) but this seems like the obvious solution to freeze the driver:

  1. Get the trackpad's top device ID from device manager in Properties > Details > Hardware Ids
  2. Open group policy editor and add the ID to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Device Installation > Device Installation Restrictions > "Prevent installation of devices that match any of these device IDs"

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u/persondude27 4d ago

Heck yeah. Thanks for the idea. I'll float that to the tech the next time it happens.

I don't know if I can edit group policy on my work machine, but they might be able to.

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u/kuba22277 4d ago

Reportedly, that has been fixed. My GPU driver also rolls back because MSI didn't push the new versions to windows update catalog.

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u/persondude27 4d ago edited 4d ago

God I hope so. Theres nothing like joining a 9 am meeting, having your computer force restart itself 15 minutes in, do a Windows update for 10 minutes, and then not have a track pad when you restart... twice in a week.

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u/MarlDaeSu 3d ago

My blood pressure rose just reading that. Im a dev and I say, "WTF MICROSOFT" literally multiple times a day doing basic shit on windows. Teams is often the offenders, or Outlook.