Exactly as it sounds. Outlook freezes for a bit, after 5-10 minutes finally displays “disconnected” from Exchange server. Cannot connect, and any attempt to do so will freeze it up again until it finally fails. No error messages. The Fix: correct the system time! Turns out this client’s system time was set to a MERE 40 minutes into the future. Imagine that – it causes Outlook to freeze up when trying to connect to Exchange....
Sure, everybody’s got them, for one reason or another. Maybe that pesky “do not import duplicates” check box seems to taunt you with failed promises. Who knows. But most people have run into this, right? Sure, there are apps out there, nothing free that I’ve found, but for $20-$50 you can buy a program to rid you of the duplicates, often they are even complicated with lots of duplicate finding criteria you’ll need to muddle...
How to fix? Import from a backup, of course.. ugh, why would any respectable tech backup his own stuff? (like, my old blog, man… or this one for that matter!) Well I hear the rules may be in an original copy of the PST (Not a backup/exported PST) and that re-opening the original PST will do the job… but I can’t verify this. In my case, it’s an OST at stake. In my most recent...
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