I have tried all three methods now of importing settings (manual versions
and using the Windows Transfer <which is a total PITA just to get e-mail
settings across>
New machine
It sometimes works and sometimes does not... what I have noticed is it will
not show the choices as you type like Outlook Express did, so I think there
is more than one issue and it has nothing to do with how you import.
I have tried shutting off Auto Complete and turning back on and that
sometimes gets it to work, but a few messages later it stops again, and for
the same address sometimes.
Is there an official location to contact MS about this... I know it is find
and dandy all of us commenting on it, but it would help if we were
commenting to the correct location.
One question more... why change from Outlook Express? It worked....
"Steve Cochran" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:750A118F-C207-436C-85EF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> In some cases its been reported that an upgrade was the issue and
> rebuilding the contacts fixed it, but others say not.
>
> No telling.
>
> steve
>
> "DGuess" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:CA8F10A9-4A54-4670-9E0C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Last time I saw similar but in XP of course was when Autocomplete was
>> screwed up. Had the client flush all the AutoCompletes and rebooted and
>> everything started working again.
>>
>> So, it makes me wonder a couple of things.
>>
>> 1) Is is just plain screwed up on first run on new machines?
>> 2) If an upgrade was done, something not quite working right in those and
>> some other areas.
>>
>> AutoComplete was in Protected Storage. That's now gone in Vista. That
>> "might" explain it for those upgrading. New computers, dunno yet but
>> maybe it's just not set up right when first run.
>>
>> I've had more clients just buy new computers and of course, few problems
>> have occurred. The few that have upgraded, I've recommended they do a bit
>> of clean up first before installing and so far those have had no
>> problems.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> dg
>>
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:A46A8B24-6A20-4F77-9A5B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Curiouser and curiouser!
>>> You'd think that manual entry of new contacts would
>>> enable the autocomplete process.
>>> It's too bad we can't get anyone from Microsoft to
>>> comment on this bug.
>>>
>>> Gary VanderMolen
>>>
>>>
>>> "Sara" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:B3613FFE-BB04-4DF0-8FCB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> My auto complete works only on some contacts and not on others. Many of
>>>> the contacts that it is not working on are ones I have sent to and
>>>> received from --several times.
>>>> Also I have not imported any address books from any other system. I
>>>> added them all in new. I have a brand new Gateway computer with Vista
>>>> HP. Wonder if this Windows Mail problem spans all manufacters or only
>>>> Gateway.
>>>> Sure would like to see a resoultion with this one.
>>>>
>>>> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Some are saying its broken due to a bad import of an old address book.
>>>>> Some are saying its only functional if you send and receive from the
>>>>> people first. Its not clear. There is no clear fix that I have seen.
>>
>>
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