Richard--
Milly's reference to Exchange is that BCM in this initial version doesn't
support working with Exchange Server, and the Office site has an add-in to
work with Small Business Server. See if needed from the Outlook Tips site:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/bcm.htm
BCM with Windows SBS Server 2003 Update
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...F5-1F5E-4EF3-9691-90F9B870B9B6&displaylang=en
Detect and Repair may often help and its a very useful tool, but usually
when you get this type error with BCM's data base engine not adding in to
Outlook properly, it's my impression from what I've learned on this group
and from others who deal with SQL and BCM that it may just be *a simple
setting you need to do*, and I don't think running Detect and Repair will
often solve that problem. Check to be sure that you have certain items
enabled below, and I bet it adds in fine. It's not a matter of repair much
of the time; it's a matter of certain services being on--and for some people
having problems particularly*installing* BCM, File and Print sharing needs
to be enabled at 3 places.
Go to your run box and type in "services.msc" or "services.exe"--either one
works or you can go through Administrative Tools>Computer Management--either
path. Make sure that you at least manually turn on the two entries below
and then click start. Many people may leave them on. I find it better to
conserve resources just to turn them on when I want BCM to start with
Outlook, and end them through task manager when I'm not running BCM but BCM
is going to demand that they be on or it won't start.
*TWO Services that Must be on And Started for BCM to run*
(These are easy to find; they are listed in Services in alphabetical
order). Note that the MSSQL$...won't show up there until you have actually
installed BCM. But it will install and won't show up added to Outlook until
you enable these two items (manually is all you need but automatic will
ensure they start up--your choice). If you manually turn them on then
you'll have to do it every time you fire up Outlook with BCM but it will
save some CPU/resources.
1) MSSQL$MSFTBCM (Installed with BCM)
2) Server (Supports file, print, and pipe sharing over the network)
*MSSQLADHelper does not impact BCM and does not have to be on.
If you have any trouble getting BCM installed, and from the one message I
read that didn't seem to be the probemj here but just in case it comes up,
you may have to make sure File and Print Sharing are enabled at 3 places
below:
*File and Print Sharing*:
*Enabled at Lan Properties
*Enabled at the Printer
Not Enabled at any XP Firewall( Windows Firewall in SP2 or the SP1 or XP
default firewall)
*Enabled via the Server Entry in Services Started and On
Good luck with getting it added in and running. Let us know how you're
making out.
hth,
Chad Harris
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I hadn't tried that - thanks. Interesting result. It said
it was configuring Office Standard Edition, which is what
was installed before I bought Pro. It completed OK, but
BCM has now disappeared from the Outlook menus.
I think I will uninstall Office completely, and reinstall
it from scratch.
Richard
-----Original Message-----
What happens if you run Detect and Repair?
Also, please post any follow-ups to
microsoft.public.outlook.bcm for expert
assistance.
--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.
After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Richard asked:
| No, it's a standalone machine. Mail is POP3.
|
| Richard
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| Are you running this against an Exchange Account?
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Richard
|| asked:
||
||| Hello,
|||
||| I've installed Outlook 2003 with Business Contact
||| Manager. BCM does not start. I get the error
||| message 'Could not complete the requested operation. One
||| or more parameter values are not valid.' Tried un-
||| installing, re-installing, downloading updates, deleting
||| and re-creating the database, without any improvement.
||| I'm running XP.
|||
||| Anyone out there seen this problem?
|||
||| Richard
||
||
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