OL 2007 birthdays occurs every 12 years

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Robert T

This is on Vista. I am syncing to window mobile 6.1. Birthdays (almost all)
are showing as occuring every 12 years on the Vista machine -- not on the
handheld!
 
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Diane Poremsky [MVP]

Outlook 2007 now supports both monthly (every xx months) and yearly (every
xx years) recurrences and it sounds like the sync software is mapping every
12 months on the device to every 12 yrs in Outlook.

Which device created the birthdays? Try making them on the other device and
see if it works ok.

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Robert T

The originals were on the Vista machine. They were correct [as far as I can
know]. I installed a new hardware update to the handheld yesterday. This
required me to sync.

After the sync they were every 12 years. I changed a few on Vista and did a
sync. That fixed it on the hand held but changed them to every 12 years on
the Vista [OL 2007).

This is truly frustrating.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Outlook 2007 now supports both monthly (every xx months) and yearly (every
xx years) recurrences and it sounds like the sync software is mapping every
12 months on the device to every 12 yrs in Outlook.

Which device created the birthdays? Try making them on the other device and
see if it works ok.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
This is on Vista. I am syncing to window mobile 6.1. Birthdays (almost
all)
are showing as occuring every 12 years on the Vista machine -- not on the
handheld!
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

Did you check the mobile device group? It sounds like a bug in the update.

This link will get you pointed in the right direction but the winmobile
group might be a better option.
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie....aspx?dg=microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
The originals were on the Vista machine. They were correct [as far as I
can
know]. I installed a new hardware update to the handheld yesterday. This
required me to sync.

After the sync they were every 12 years. I changed a few on Vista and did
a
sync. That fixed it on the hand held but changed them to every 12 years on
the Vista [OL 2007).

This is truly frustrating.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Outlook 2007 now supports both monthly (every xx months) and yearly
(every
xx years) recurrences and it sounds like the sync software is mapping
every
12 months on the device to every 12 yrs in Outlook.

Which device created the birthdays? Try making them on the other device
and
see if it works ok.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
This is on Vista. I am syncing to window mobile 6.1. Birthdays (almost
all)
are showing as occuring every 12 years on the Vista machine -- not on
the
handheld!
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

As an FYI, this is apparently a bug in the mobile update and Microsoft is
aware of it. I believe a later update fixed it for some people but not
others. The guys in the pocket pc forum should be able to give you more
information on the problem and let you know if any fixes are available.


--


Diane Poremsky said:
Did you check the mobile device group? It sounds like a bug in the update.

This link will get you pointed in the right direction but the winmobile
group might be a better option.
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie....aspx?dg=microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
The originals were on the Vista machine. They were correct [as far as I
can
know]. I installed a new hardware update to the handheld yesterday. This
required me to sync.

After the sync they were every 12 years. I changed a few on Vista and did
a
sync. That fixed it on the hand held but changed them to every 12 years
on
the Vista [OL 2007).

This is truly frustrating.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
Outlook 2007 now supports both monthly (every xx months) and yearly
(every
xx years) recurrences and it sounds like the sync software is mapping
every
12 months on the device to every 12 yrs in Outlook.

Which device created the birthdays? Try making them on the other device
and
see if it works ok.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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This is on Vista. I am syncing to window mobile 6.1. Birthdays (almost
all)
are showing as occuring every 12 years on the Vista machine -- not on
the
handheld!
 
R

Robert T

Diane; Thanks for reply.

Here is what I have found. The birthdays were keyed on the Vista machine.
When they are synced with the handheld they are transferred correctly -- that
is they appear as occuring each year. On the next sync the ones on Vista are
changed to every 12 years. additional syncs do not change either the handheld
or the Vista machine.

This has destroyed a tremendous amount of work that I have accumulated over
many years. [I have hundreds of birthdays!].

I was not able to find a reference to the MS update you referred to nor any
similar forum entry.

--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
As an FYI, this is apparently a bug in the mobile update and Microsoft is
aware of it. I believe a later update fixed it for some people but not
others. The guys in the pocket pc forum should be able to give you more
information on the problem and let you know if any fixes are available.


--


Diane Poremsky said:
Did you check the mobile device group? It sounds like a bug in the update.

This link will get you pointed in the right direction but the winmobile
group might be a better option.
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie....aspx?dg=microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
The originals were on the Vista machine. They were correct [as far as I
can
know]. I installed a new hardware update to the handheld yesterday. This
required me to sync.

After the sync they were every 12 years. I changed a few on Vista and did
a
sync. That fixed it on the hand held but changed them to every 12 years
on
the Vista [OL 2007).

This is truly frustrating.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Outlook 2007 now supports both monthly (every xx months) and yearly
(every
xx years) recurrences and it sounds like the sync software is mapping
every
12 months on the device to every 12 yrs in Outlook.

Which device created the birthdays? Try making them on the other device
and
see if it works ok.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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This is on Vista. I am syncing to window mobile 6.1. Birthdays (almost
all)
are showing as occuring every 12 years on the Vista machine -- not on
the
handheld!
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

I asked some people with knowledge of the problem so its not published in a
KB (yet) or in any other official source. What I've found from various
sources is that its related to no end date set - if you set an end date on
the items they should be ok going forward. (I use a blackberry so I can't
verify it.)



--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Robert T said:
Diane; Thanks for reply.

Here is what I have found. The birthdays were keyed on the Vista machine.
When they are synced with the handheld they are transferred correctly --
that
is they appear as occuring each year. On the next sync the ones on Vista
are
changed to every 12 years. additional syncs do not change either the
handheld
or the Vista machine.

This has destroyed a tremendous amount of work that I have accumulated
over
many years. [I have hundreds of birthdays!].

I was not able to find a reference to the MS update you referred to nor
any
similar forum entry.

--
Robert Tankersley CDP


Diane Poremsky said:
As an FYI, this is apparently a bug in the mobile update and Microsoft is
aware of it. I believe a later update fixed it for some people but not
others. The guys in the pocket pc forum should be able to give you more
information on the problem and let you know if any fixes are available.


--


Diane Poremsky said:
Did you check the mobile device group? It sounds like a bug in the
update.

This link will get you pointed in the right direction but the winmobile
group might be a better option.
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie....aspx?dg=microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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The originals were on the Vista machine. They were correct [as far as
I
can
know]. I installed a new hardware update to the handheld yesterday.
This
required me to sync.

After the sync they were every 12 years. I changed a few on Vista and
did
a
sync. That fixed it on the hand held but changed them to every 12
years
on
the Vista [OL 2007).

This is truly frustrating.
--
Robert Tankersley CDP


:

Outlook 2007 now supports both monthly (every xx months) and yearly
(every
xx years) recurrences and it sounds like the sync software is mapping
every
12 months on the device to every 12 yrs in Outlook.

Which device created the birthdays? Try making them on the other
device
and
see if it works ok.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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This is on Vista. I am syncing to window mobile 6.1. Birthdays
(almost
all)
are showing as occuring every 12 years on the Vista machine -- not
on
the
handheld!
 
T

Tim Howe

Diane,

The ethical thing for Microsoft to do at this point is to assign a team to determine how to help customers recover. My guess is that it will require creating a utility to search the current calendar, archives and backups for corrupted records, or ones that were deleted after being changed to 12-year recurrences, on all synced systems, and suggest a mitigation for each one to the user.

Are you a Microsoft employee?



Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:

Re: OL 2007 birthdays occurs every 12 years
25-Sep-09

I asked some people with knowledge of the problem so its not published in a
KB (yet) or in any other official source. What I've found from various
sources is that its related to no end date set - if you set an end date on
the items they should be ok going forward. (I use a blackberry so I can't
verify it.


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