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Windows Live Mail crashes when spell checking an email prior to sending

09. July 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: livemail · Tags: check, everytime, machine, pop, Regards, spell check, Windows Live Mail

I use Windows Live Mail using a POP server on a Windows 7 machine. Frequently but not everytime when I press Send after writing an email a box appears stating that the spell check has been halted, do I want to send the email anyway. In case I might loose the email I select 'yes'. Windows Live Mail then crashes has to be closed down and re-started. The email does get sent.

I have McAfee's anti-virus installed which does check all outgoing emails for viruses as well as incoming ones.

Regards,

Peter

Restoring my Emails, account settings, calendar entries, contacts, etc. after a time machine backup

09. July 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: account settings, calendar entries, database, Emails, error, machine, Outlook files, problem

I have a problem restoring my Outlook files after a time machine backup. My Main Identity can't be rebuild due to an unknown Outlook error. I have looked up numerous articles about this problem and it seems to be common on Mac OS X.

What I want to achieve is, that all my Emails, Account settings, calendar settings and contacts are as they were before the time machine backup. I have switched to MAC about a year ago and therefore have an old .pst file, which I migrated back then. (It didn't move all emails without notifying me, but I managed to move these manually as I still have the old Microsoft laptop)

Several MAC experts back then assured me that Outlook can be fully restored from the time machine as all other data and files on my mac. So far that seems to be true apart from my Outlook files. I have exported all settings and my Outlook content to an .olm file. But I only did that once, about 11 months ago. (Because the MAC gurus all explained that this manual backup is not necessary anymore with the time machine backup running all the time) So that doesn't help either as I am missing the mails & data from 11 months.

What happened so far:

After the time machine backup Outlook tried to rebuild my Main Identity but always fails to do so in Step 4 of 5 (recovering data). "Your database could not be rebuild" is the message I get from the MS Database Utility all the time.

I looked the problem up on several IT forums and support sides and...

...that's what I have done so far:

1. create a new identity: Worked fine, but Outlook is then completely empty. All mails, calendar entries, etc. are gone

2. I copied the identity files (about 4.7 GB) incl. the folder structure into the new identity, but this steps leads me back to step 1, as Outlook prompts to rebuild the database again and fails with the same error messages.

Tried this several times with recovered database folder and files from different dated backups.

My idea now is, to uninstall Outlook completely, re-install it and copy the files into the Main Identity again, as there should be no reference to older versions, which seems to be the problem. I haven't done that yet. I am not an expert and therefore hope to find a workable solution here on this platform.

Operating System: Mac OS X, 10.6.8

Office version 2011 for Mac: 14.2.2

Thanks in advance

Cannot rebuild Outlook 2011 database

08. July 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: data, machine, message, step, time

I cannot rebuild Outlook 2011 database after restoring from Time Machine backup as it gets stuck on Step 4 (Recovering Data) and I get the message "Your database could not be rebuilt". Any suggestions please?

Outlook 2011 missing public folders that Outlook 2010 shows (EWS issue?)

03. July 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: bit, domain account, issue, Mac OSX Lion, machine, Public Folders, time, Windows

Two machines, one domain account:

1) Windows 7 x64 SP1 PC , Outlook 2010 (14.0.6112.5000) 64-bit,

2) Mac OSX Lion 10.7.4, Outlook 2011 (14.2.2 - 120421)

On the O2010 machine, I can browse as many public folders as my account has permissions to.

Example: All Public Folders -> Department A3 -> Facilities -> Calendars -> Test calendar

On the O2011 machine I can browse one or two levels from the root, but not to the full depth.

Example: All Public Folders -> Department A3

The folders do not appear to "fill in" over time (at least, not overnight).

The PC is domain joined. The Mac is not.

The Exchange environment is a mix of E2003, E2007, and E2010. All of the Public Folders have at least one E2010 replica. Access is consistent on both machines. (i.e. I get stuck in the same place every time on the Mac)

Other EWS clients (e.g. Thunderbird 13.0.1 on both Mac and PC) have the same issue and get stuck at the same places in the PF tree.

Any idea where to look?

Thanks,

Red

After TM restore, rebuild identity going in vicious circle?

05. June 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: click, cycle, license number, machine, problem, Reminders, vicious circle, vicious cycle

After my Time Machine restore, I had to re-enter my license number - all well and good - but I keep getting those Office Reminders going off like fireworks. I remembered that the problem could be solved by rebuilding my Main Identity. So I held down the option key while starting Outlook.

Now I'm locked in a vicious cycle of trying to rebuild the database. I get a message that all MS apps need to be closed (which I've already done - including quitting the MS daemon) and when I click OK, I get another screen telling me that some applications could not be closed. I click again and get back to the all apps must be closed dialog box again. And if I just quit the process and open Outlook again, the reminders just keep cycling (although I kill that process, too).

What to do?

Thanks,

Clinton

Imported pst. Messages are not there.

30. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: computer, mac, machine, mail, pst

Hello.

I am trying to import mail from Outlook 2007 (windows) to Outlook 2011 (mac). On the windows machine I go 'export-file-pst' and get a .pst file. Then, I go to the mac, go 'import-pst-done' and the folder appears on 'on my computer'. The folder is there, but none of the messages... What is wrong?

Thank you for your help.

How can I copy Windows Live Mail e-mail folder from one LAN W7 machine to another W7 machine

23. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: livemail · Tags: cable, collection, forwarding, live mail, machine, way, Windows Live Mail

I am replacing my wife's old XP machine with a new W7 machine. I use Windows Live Mail for my e-mail. I plan to use Live Mail for her machine, too. The two machines are LANed via a cable router.

I would like to copy one e-mail folder (with some seventy messages in it) from my machine to hers without having to copy my own (huge) collection of messages to her new machine. Can this be done? How? (I can do this, I suppose, by forwarding each of the seventy messages, one at a time, to her machine. I'm looking for a simpler, more efficient way to do this.)

Many thanks, in advance.

-- Allen

Question about Outlook Express

Windows Live Mail crashes when spell checking an email prior to sending

Restoring my Emails, account settings, calendar entries, contacts, etc. after a time machine backup

Cannot rebuild Outlook 2011 database

Outlook 2011 missing public folders that Outlook 2010 shows (EWS issue?)

After TM restore, rebuild identity going in vicious circle?

Imported pst. Messages are not there.

How can I copy Windows Live Mail e-mail folder from one LAN W7 machine to another W7 machine

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