Poll: Edit and Save attachments
I have a new poll at Outlook Forums. As always, this highly
unscientific poll is open to all; only those who want to add a comment
will need an account.
Outlook has a nifty feature (or design flaw, depending on who you
talk to): you can open an attachment and edit it, then save it and the
changes save to the original email message. (The feature was removed
from Outlook 2010.)
Do you edit and save attachment back to an
email message?
Dual Time Zone bug
When you use Outlook 2010’s dual time zone feature and one time zone uses DST and the other does not, when you swap zones the Use DST checkbox in Window’s Date and Time applet may be unchecked when the time zone that uses DST is active. Because Outlook 2010 doesn’t display the Use DST checkbox, you won’t know this unless you happen to notice the computer’s time is off an hour.
For more information, see
Outlook 2010 Dual Time Zone bug
Office 2010 and BCM
In Office 2010, Business Contact Manager is included only in
the volume-license suite and as part of a TechNet or MSDN
subscription. BCM 2010 is not included in any of the retail
suites. However, any user who purchased a qualifying Office 2007 product that
includes BCM prior to September 30, 2010 can upgrade to BCM 2010 through the Technology
Guarantee program.
Microsoft has this to say about possible BCM availability in
the future: The Office Team is aware of the issues you are
experiencing because of the limited number of suites
Business Contact Manager is available. We are
currently investigating possible solutions.
For more information, see
Office 2010 and BCM
Outlook's Social Connector & Privacy
Anyone with the Social Connector's Facebook provider installed may
see the Facebook profile pictures belonging to the email addresses on
the message and possibly the status updates, if the person's privacy
settings are set to public or friends of friends. Default Facebook
settings are public profile pictures but private only status updates.
For more information, see
Outlook's Social Connector Outlook 2010 & "The attachment size exceeds the
allowable limit"
Outlook 2010 has a new feature that prevents you from sending
messages larger than your SMTP server accepts. If you have an Exchange
mailbox, Outlook gets the message limit from the server. Because other
servers don't share this information with Outlook, it sets a default
limit of 20 MB. If your SMTP server supports larger messages (or
smaller), you can edit the registry to prevent the warning. For the
relevant registry settings, see
Outlook 2010's Default Attachment Size Outlook Connector Installation Problem
A new version of Outlook Hotmail Connector is available and its getting
pushed out to users as an automatic upgrade. We’re seeing a lot of reports
about the install going into an endless loop. This was somewhat common in
older versions as well – the fix is:
- Close outlook
- Uninstall the older version (not required, but I prefer to do it)
- Download and install the new connector yourself.
- Restart Outlook.
Endless installation loop with the Outlook Hotmail Connector
Hotfix: Windows Mobile and 12 year
Recurrence Bug
A yearly recurrence pattern was introduced in Office 2007 SP2,
unfortunately people who synced with Windows Mobile devices discovered
their recurring events changed to recur every 12 years after syncing.
I'm happy to announce that a hotfix released this week includes a fix
for this bug.
Along with this bug, the hotfix addresses a long list of other
problems, including several problems affecting calendars and meetings.
Review the KB article for the complete list of problems it
addresses.
Description of the Office Outlook 2007 hotfix package
(outlook-x-none.msp): April 27, 2010
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=981048
Birthdays
recur every 12 Years
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/recur12yrs.asp
Windows 7: Say No! to Compatibility mode
If you've upgraded to Windows 7, do not use Compatibility
mode with Outlook (any version). It's not necessary and will cause a number of
issues.
Say No! to Compatibility mode
Recipients are receiving winmail.dat
attachments
What settings to check if your recipients are receiving
winmail.dat attachments
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/alwaysrtf.asp
Outlook 2003 can't open Zip attachments
When installed on Windows 7, zip attachments can't be opened
from within Outlook 2003. For more information and the fix, see
Outlook 2003, Windows 7, and zip attachments
MSN/Hotmail Access Denied
Effective September 1 2009, access to Hotmail and MSN using the
HTTP protocol in Outlook and Outlook Express is disabled. Users will
need to use the Outlook Connector or POP3/SMTP to collect their email.
For more information, see: MSN (and
Hotmail) Access Denied?
Office 2007 SP2
This update has all of the public updates, security updates, cumulative
updates, and hotfixes released through February 2009.
See Description of 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) and of Microsoft Office Language Pack 2007 SP2 for more information and links to the downloads. This was placed on Windows update and will be automatically installed on computers with automatic updates enabled.
See Outlook 2007 SP2 for
slipstick.com's coverage of SP2.
Appointment times randomly move by 2 - 8
minutes
We're seeing complaints about Outlook adding (or subtracting)
2 - 8 minutes to new appointments. For example, if an
appointment is created for 10:00 to 11:00 AM, it's changed to
10:02 to 11:02 AM. Users may also receive an error message that
the message is not recurring and they need to close all open
items.
This is not a bug in Outlook, its caused by the
anti-spam module from CA Security Suite 2008. Disabling or
uninstalling the anti-spam module will fix it.
Appointment times randomly move
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