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I have used Outlook for years now, but not until 2003 have I been
ready to throw it out the window. My experience has been:
1) OL constantly gets locked up forcing me to kill the process - it
often pegs the processor at 100%
2) OL constantly corrupts the PST - I often have to use SCAN PST 4-5
times a day. Corruptions do not always follow lock-up, but often do.
3) I constantly get messages saying OL is low on resources and then
it will not allow an operation such as saving the email (so I can
restart and complete), or send
4) OL has trouble exporting to other files, moving messages to
folders - low resources message will appear, or "PST is Corrupt"
message
5) Archiving folders will;; corrupt the PST every single time
6) I cannot sync my palm anymore - but I have been so involved with
the other problems I don't recall why. I don't think the sync program
could read the 2003 Unicode file format, so maybe with the 2002 format
it will???
7) Several times OL could not find default folders - had to do
outlook /setdefaultfolders and/or /setdefaultfoldernames AND rebuild
the PST
8) Several times folders would end up in "lost and found". When it
happened to be Inbox, had to rebuild entire PST and profile because OL
does not allow you to move Inbox and other specific folders. Once I
had "lost and found" folder inside another "lost and found" folder.
Lost and found would often contain numbered folders with no content.
Recently I had to take a trip, so I exported the file to a 2002
format, moved it to my Laptop, and worked blissfully for 10 days. When
I returned, I kept the 2002 format, moved it back to my desktop, and
have had to rebuild the very same PST 5 items so far - in 2 days.
I have tried all of the following MULTIPLE times
1) Build a new profile, and new PST (tired both 2003 and 2002 PST
formats)
2) Ensured that all patches are up-to-date
3) Ran Detect-And-Repair
4) Uninstalled and reinstalled Office 2003
5) Ran office-update
I have read the news groups till my eyes are bleeding, grasping at
every MVP suggestion, and have gotten no where.
I really would rather not abandon all the other things that 2003
offers, but I am ready to chuck 2003, and roll back to 2002. I was
hoping someone out there might have some missing link.
I have the following configuration:
Win2K Pro
SP4 Build 2195
Microstar Int'l system with Award BIOS and AMD Duron Processor
512MB memory
1.2 GB virtual
I had loaded office 2003 on a clean Windows build
Outlook 11.5608.5703
iHateSpam version 4.0.406 (Sunbelt Software) (have been using IHS
for over a year - no problems with previous version of Outlook. Tried
running without it. Same result.
Not sure if this is relevant, but System Info indicates both an Office
2002 AND 2003 section, thought I do not have and have not had 2002
installed.
My primary PST file is currently 134,009 KB. I have 3 other PSTs I
keep open all the time. They also get corrupted occasionally by OL
2003, but not as often as the main PST. Until I went to 2003 I never
had an auxiliary PST to get corrupted. Now it is 1-2 items per week.
It is not as bad since I turned archiving off.
I would be grateful for any workable suggestions.
ready to throw it out the window. My experience has been:
1) OL constantly gets locked up forcing me to kill the process - it
often pegs the processor at 100%
2) OL constantly corrupts the PST - I often have to use SCAN PST 4-5
times a day. Corruptions do not always follow lock-up, but often do.
3) I constantly get messages saying OL is low on resources and then
it will not allow an operation such as saving the email (so I can
restart and complete), or send
4) OL has trouble exporting to other files, moving messages to
folders - low resources message will appear, or "PST is Corrupt"
message
5) Archiving folders will;; corrupt the PST every single time
6) I cannot sync my palm anymore - but I have been so involved with
the other problems I don't recall why. I don't think the sync program
could read the 2003 Unicode file format, so maybe with the 2002 format
it will???
7) Several times OL could not find default folders - had to do
outlook /setdefaultfolders and/or /setdefaultfoldernames AND rebuild
the PST
8) Several times folders would end up in "lost and found". When it
happened to be Inbox, had to rebuild entire PST and profile because OL
does not allow you to move Inbox and other specific folders. Once I
had "lost and found" folder inside another "lost and found" folder.
Lost and found would often contain numbered folders with no content.
Recently I had to take a trip, so I exported the file to a 2002
format, moved it to my Laptop, and worked blissfully for 10 days. When
I returned, I kept the 2002 format, moved it back to my desktop, and
have had to rebuild the very same PST 5 items so far - in 2 days.
I have tried all of the following MULTIPLE times
1) Build a new profile, and new PST (tired both 2003 and 2002 PST
formats)
2) Ensured that all patches are up-to-date
3) Ran Detect-And-Repair
4) Uninstalled and reinstalled Office 2003
5) Ran office-update
I have read the news groups till my eyes are bleeding, grasping at
every MVP suggestion, and have gotten no where.
I really would rather not abandon all the other things that 2003
offers, but I am ready to chuck 2003, and roll back to 2002. I was
hoping someone out there might have some missing link.
I have the following configuration:
Win2K Pro
SP4 Build 2195
Microstar Int'l system with Award BIOS and AMD Duron Processor
512MB memory
1.2 GB virtual
I had loaded office 2003 on a clean Windows build
Outlook 11.5608.5703
iHateSpam version 4.0.406 (Sunbelt Software) (have been using IHS
for over a year - no problems with previous version of Outlook. Tried
running without it. Same result.
Not sure if this is relevant, but System Info indicates both an Office
2002 AND 2003 section, thought I do not have and have not had 2002
installed.
My primary PST file is currently 134,009 KB. I have 3 other PSTs I
keep open all the time. They also get corrupted occasionally by OL
2003, but not as often as the main PST. Until I went to 2003 I never
had an auxiliary PST to get corrupted. Now it is 1-2 items per week.
It is not as bad since I turned archiving off.
I would be grateful for any workable suggestions.