Flashing egg timer problem after linking via home network

[mijandnaj]

Have linked mailbox on home network; main pc ok, but laptop Outlook egg timer
flashes constantly. Version is 2003. Calendar cannot link properly either.
Any help or advise welcomed.

 

[Gordon]

Have linked mailbox on home network; main pc ok, but laptop Outlook egg
timer
flashes constantly. Version is 2003. Calendar cannot link properly
either.
Any help or advise welcomed.

What do you mean by "linked" mailbox?

 

[mijandnaj]

Hi Gordon - taken me 10 mins to find my way back to this! The link in my
notification email didn't work. Anyway, firstly I need to explain that I am
a non-techie! Second, we had a company come in and setup our main pc and
laptop to both be able to access the same Outlook mailbox (they also
attempted to give both access to the same Calendar, but that has caused so
many problems we only use it on the main pc now!). I was wondering if the
latter might be the reason for the flashing egg timer on the laptop when in
Outlook i.e. it keeps 'looking' for something?

 

[Gordon]

Hi Gordon - taken me 10 mins to find my way back to this! The link in my
notification email didn't work.

Do yourself a BIG favour and ditch the horrible web interface. Use a news
reader instead.

Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express/Windows Mail Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

Anyway, firstly I need to explain that I am
a non-techie! Second, we had a company come in and setup our main pc and
laptop to both be able to access the same Outlook mailbox (they also
attempted to give both access to the same Calendar, but that has caused so
many problems we only use it on the main pc now!). I was wondering if the
latter might be the reason for the flashing egg timer on the laptop when
in
Outlook i.e. it keeps 'looking' for something?

It's actually not very easy to set up Outlook to share data between
different machines without using Exchange Server - without knowing exactly
what they did, it's going to be quite difficult for anyone here to propose
any solution....

 

[mijandnaj]

I understand. I shall probably leave it then Gordon, I don't go into Outlook
very often so I can live with it...just! Thanks very much for your time
anyway. Regards

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I understand. I shall probably leave it then Gordon, I don't go into Outlook
very often so I can live with it...just! Thanks very much for your time
anyway. Regards

What type of account are you using, if not Exchange?