Registry hack to avoid Outlook 2003 "intellisense" import feature

[David]

Problem:
Outlook imports contacts randomly - my specific problem is: the "+"
Sometimes +61 6565465 becomes 61 6565465 - ie the + magically
disappears.

Extremely annoying and happens in most sync programs - Symbian OS -
Windows Mobile 2003, 2005 etc - ie ALL I ever used.

Explanation:
Outlook 2000/XP/2003 offers a certain degree of "intellisense"
formatting,
a Microsoft feature. This means that when you type a number in the
field
(or when Plaxo/Sony/etc updates or inserts a value in the field),
Outlook tries to
determine the correct format for that telephone number by parsing the
appropriate characters.

To date, Microsoft does not provide a method to prevent this feature
from
reformatting telephone numbers.

Do anyone have a solution for this? I just want to turn this useless
feature off!

And I would happily pay for it!

 

[Guest]

You can happily pay for the help you need here:
http://support.microsoft.com. You can choose to send an email or make a
phone call, and for $35 you get the help you need.