Why should I install B2TR ?

[Guest]

I had multiple crashes after I installed B2TR and I had a real hard time
doing cleanup since there is no uninstall for it. In fact I had to remove
the whole Beta 2 of Office 2007 and start over from scratch.
So please tell me why do I want to install B2TR if I can live with an
occational crash or two? It seems like the medicine is worse than the
illness. Just a thought.
Thank you,
Luis.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Depends on the cause of the crashes and what is being logged to the Event
Viewer. From the information provided I would guess your system was already
unstable to begin with.

Things to keep in mind;
-make sure Windows is fully up to date
-Event Viewer is not reporting any issues before the upgrade
-disable all add-ins (these will require an update) including virus scanner
integration
-recreate your mail profile and rename outcmd.dat, extend.dat etc... to .old

Welcome to playing with BETA software.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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I had multiple crashes after I installed B2TR and I had a real hard time
doing cleanup since there is no uninstall for it. In fact I had to remove
the whole Beta 2 of Office 2007 and start over from scratch.
So please tell me why do I want to install B2TR if I can live with an
occational crash or two? It seems like the medicine is worse than the
illness. Just a thought.
Thank you,
Luis.

 

[Guest]

Roady, I agree and I am glad to hear that. Sometimes a refresh is labeled a
must, but in this case is more if you really need it. But don't take me
wrong, I love playing with beta software in fact I used to write some WAN
communications software (X.25, SNA, etc) and the bugs there were a tad more
challenging. These comments are to point out unelegant exception handling and
very few clues as to what caused the crashes. On the positive side the new
UI is cool even though it takes a bit to find your way around it the first
time. I am also enjoying the RSS feeds in Outlook.
It looks like someone forgot to put the new UI on Visio 2007 or perhaps you
run out of time before deadlines.
Overall I really like the new features and I think users will like them.
-Luis.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Designing and placement of the buttons in the UI involves a lot of time,
research and resources even for Microsoft. To make sure the job is done
correctly for this release they focussed on the flagship applications. Other
solutions weren't really solutions like doing it half-*ssed for all products
at once or add another more years of research to also include the other
products. In addition the new UI design must of course also be beneficial to
the application. But I agree; I would love to see a Visio implementation of
it ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Roady, I agree and I am glad to hear that. Sometimes a refresh is labeled a
must, but in this case is more if you really need it. But don't take me
wrong, I love playing with beta software in fact I used to write some WAN
communications software (X.25, SNA, etc) and the bugs there were a tad more
challenging. These comments are to point out unelegant exception handling
and
very few clues as to what caused the crashes. On the positive side the new
UI is cool even though it takes a bit to find your way around it the first
time. I am also enjoying the RSS feeds in Outlook.
It looks like someone forgot to put the new UI on Visio 2007 or perhaps you
run out of time before deadlines.
Overall I really like the new features and I think users will like them.
-Luis.