Auto Complete Inconsistency

Hi all,

One of my clients has an SBS 2003 R2 network. All PC's have no problem,
except the bosses (typical!). He has a laptop at the office (XP Pro, SP2) and
uses a PC at his home (Vista, no SP) to connect to their Exchange 2003 server
(PC at home uses RPC over HTTP). Both laptop and home PC have Outlook 2007
installed. For some time now, the auto complete feature is proving to be
inconsistent, ie, one minute you can start typing a contact name and a list
of possible entries is displayed, the next minute, typing the same name or
anything else doesn't offer any contact suggestions at all. Both
installations have Office 2007 SP1 installed. Anyone have any ideas on how I
can get round this ? Many thanks in advance.

Regards Colin.

Russ
Tue May 06 09:10:00 PDT 2008

This feature has always been inconsistent and apparently always will be.
Creating a new profile usually gets it working again as expected.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:444DD53C-5FE1-4F02-8F93-93499564A4CC@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
>
> One of my clients has an SBS 2003 R2 network. All PC's have no problem,
> except the bosses (typical!). He has a laptop at the office (XP Pro, SP2)
> and
> uses a PC at his home (Vista, no SP) to connect to their Exchange 2003
> server
> (PC at home uses RPC over HTTP). Both laptop and home PC have Outlook 2007
> installed. For some time now, the auto complete feature is proving to be
> inconsistent, ie, one minute you can start typing a contact name and a
> list
> of possible entries is displayed, the next minute, typing the same name or
> anything else doesn't offer any contact suggestions at all. Both
> installations have Office 2007 SP1 installed. Anyone have any ideas on how
> I
> can get round this ? Many thanks in advance.
>
> Regards Colin.

Colin
Tue May 06 09:41:00 PDT 2008

Hi Russ,

Thanks for the reply. That's not good news - this sort of thing always
happens to the guy who has 'got to have it working' :(

Regards Colin.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> This feature has always been inconsistent and apparently always will be.
> Creating a new profile usually gets it working again as expected.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:444DD53C-5FE1-4F02-8F93-93499564A4CC@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > One of my clients has an SBS 2003 R2 network. All PC's have no problem,
> > except the bosses (typical!). He has a laptop at the office (XP Pro, SP2)
> > and
> > uses a PC at his home (Vista, no SP) to connect to their Exchange 2003
> > server
> > (PC at home uses RPC over HTTP). Both laptop and home PC have Outlook 2007
> > installed. For some time now, the auto complete feature is proving to be
> > inconsistent, ie, one minute you can start typing a contact name and a
> > list
> > of possible entries is displayed, the next minute, typing the same name or
> > anything else doesn't offer any contact suggestions at all. Both
> > installations have Office 2007 SP1 installed. Anyone have any ideas on how
> > I
> > can get round this ? Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > Regards Colin.
>

Russ
Tue May 06 14:46:32 PDT 2008

Creating a new profile is not difficult, and for some reason the problem
rarely comes back.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:61D358CE-7C06-438E-93F5-F0BBF38A27DD@microsoft.com...
> Hi Russ,
>
> Thanks for the reply. That's not good news - this sort of thing always
> happens to the guy who has 'got to have it working' :(
>
> Regards Colin.
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> This feature has always been inconsistent and apparently always will be.
>> Creating a new profile usually gets it working again as expected.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:444DD53C-5FE1-4F02-8F93-93499564A4CC@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > One of my clients has an SBS 2003 R2 network. All PC's have no problem,
>> > except the bosses (typical!). He has a laptop at the office (XP Pro,
>> > SP2)
>> > and
>> > uses a PC at his home (Vista, no SP) to connect to their Exchange 2003
>> > server
>> > (PC at home uses RPC over HTTP). Both laptop and home PC have Outlook
>> > 2007
>> > installed. For some time now, the auto complete feature is proving to
>> > be
>> > inconsistent, ie, one minute you can start typing a contact name and a
>> > list
>> > of possible entries is displayed, the next minute, typing the same name
>> > or
>> > anything else doesn't offer any contact suggestions at all. Both
>> > installations have Office 2007 SP1 installed. Anyone have any ideas on
>> > how
>> > I
>> > can get round this ? Many thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Regards Colin.
>>

Colin
Wed May 07 01:01:01 PDT 2008

Hi Russ,

I've created new profiles for standalone Outlook accounts but not for
Exchange on SBS. Can you point me in the right direction please ?

Regards Colin.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Creating a new profile is not difficult, and for some reason the problem
> rarely comes back.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:61D358CE-7C06-438E-93F5-F0BBF38A27DD@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Russ,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. That's not good news - this sort of thing always
> > happens to the guy who has 'got to have it working' :(
> >
> > Regards Colin.
> >
> > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> >
> >> This feature has always been inconsistent and apparently always will be.
> >> Creating a new profile usually gets it working again as expected.
> >> --
> >> Russ Valentine
> >> [MVP-Outlook]
> >> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:444DD53C-5FE1-4F02-8F93-93499564A4CC@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > One of my clients has an SBS 2003 R2 network. All PC's have no problem,
> >> > except the bosses (typical!). He has a laptop at the office (XP Pro,
> >> > SP2)
> >> > and
> >> > uses a PC at his home (Vista, no SP) to connect to their Exchange 2003
> >> > server
> >> > (PC at home uses RPC over HTTP). Both laptop and home PC have Outlook
> >> > 2007
> >> > installed. For some time now, the auto complete feature is proving to
> >> > be
> >> > inconsistent, ie, one minute you can start typing a contact name and a
> >> > list
> >> > of possible entries is displayed, the next minute, typing the same name
> >> > or
> >> > anything else doesn't offer any contact suggestions at all. Both
> >> > installations have Office 2007 SP1 installed. Anyone have any ideas on
> >> > how
> >> > I
> >> > can get round this ? Many thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> > Regards Colin.
> >>
>

Russ
Wed May 07 03:00:25 PDT 2008

Why would it differ?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829918&Product=out2003
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D84CC78B-FDAB-49F0-931A-8B13AED330AC@microsoft.com...
> Hi Russ,
>
> I've created new profiles for standalone Outlook accounts but not for
> Exchange on SBS. Can you point me in the right direction please ?
>
> Regards Colin.
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Creating a new profile is not difficult, and for some reason the problem
>> rarely comes back.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:61D358CE-7C06-438E-93F5-F0BBF38A27DD@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Russ,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the reply. That's not good news - this sort of thing always
>> > happens to the guy who has 'got to have it working' :(
>> >
>> > Regards Colin.
>> >
>> > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> This feature has always been inconsistent and apparently always will
>> >> be.
>> >> Creating a new profile usually gets it working again as expected.
>> >> --
>> >> Russ Valentine
>> >> [MVP-Outlook]
>> >> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:444DD53C-5FE1-4F02-8F93-93499564A4CC@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi all,
>> >> >
>> >> > One of my clients has an SBS 2003 R2 network. All PC's have no
>> >> > problem,
>> >> > except the bosses (typical!). He has a laptop at the office (XP Pro,
>> >> > SP2)
>> >> > and
>> >> > uses a PC at his home (Vista, no SP) to connect to their Exchange
>> >> > 2003
>> >> > server
>> >> > (PC at home uses RPC over HTTP). Both laptop and home PC have
>> >> > Outlook
>> >> > 2007
>> >> > installed. For some time now, the auto complete feature is proving
>> >> > to
>> >> > be
>> >> > inconsistent, ie, one minute you can start typing a contact name and
>> >> > a
>> >> > list
>> >> > of possible entries is displayed, the next minute, typing the same
>> >> > name
>> >> > or
>> >> > anything else doesn't offer any contact suggestions at all. Both
>> >> > installations have Office 2007 SP1 installed. Anyone have any ideas
>> >> > on
>> >> > how
>> >> > I
>> >> > can get round this ? Many thanks in advance.
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards Colin.
>> >>
>>

Colin
Wed May 07 04:34:11 PDT 2008

Hi Russ,

Many thanks for your help.

Regards Colin.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Why would it differ?
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829918&Product=out2003
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D84CC78B-FDAB-49F0-931A-8B13AED330AC@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Russ,
> >
> > I've created new profiles for standalone Outlook accounts but not for
> > Exchange on SBS. Can you point me in the right direction please ?
> >
> > Regards Colin.
> >
> > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> >
> >> Creating a new profile is not difficult, and for some reason the problem
> >> rarely comes back.
> >> --
> >> Russ Valentine
> >> [MVP-Outlook]
> >> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:61D358CE-7C06-438E-93F5-F0BBF38A27DD@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi Russ,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the reply. That's not good news - this sort of thing always
> >> > happens to the guy who has 'got to have it working' :(
> >> >
> >> > Regards Colin.
> >> >
> >> > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> This feature has always been inconsistent and apparently always will
> >> >> be.
> >> >> Creating a new profile usually gets it working again as expected.
> >> >> --
> >> >> Russ Valentine
> >> >> [MVP-Outlook]
> >> >> "Colin" <Colin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:444DD53C-5FE1-4F02-8F93-93499564A4CC@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > Hi all,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > One of my clients has an SBS 2003 R2 network. All PC's have no
> >> >> > problem,
> >> >> > except the bosses (typical!). He has a laptop at the office (XP Pro,
> >> >> > SP2)
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > uses a PC at his home (Vista, no SP) to connect to their Exchange
> >> >> > 2003
> >> >> > server
> >> >> > (PC at home uses RPC over HTTP). Both laptop and home PC have
> >> >> > Outlook
> >> >> > 2007
> >> >> > installed. For some time now, the auto complete feature is proving
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > be
> >> >> > inconsistent, ie, one minute you can start typing a contact name and
> >> >> > a
> >> >> > list
> >> >> > of possible entries is displayed, the next minute, typing the same
> >> >> > name
> >> >> > or
> >> >> > anything else doesn't offer any contact suggestions at all. Both
> >> >> > installations have Office 2007 SP1 installed. Anyone have any ideas
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > how
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > can get round this ? Many thanks in advance.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Regards Colin.
> >> >>
> >>
>

John
Fri May 09 16:07:04 PDT 2008

I know that I can go to the address book
and look up a person's name to find out their
actual email address, but is there any Outlook Express
option or preference that let's me specify that
I want to see the actual address and not just
the name in the to: or From: or cc: etc fields
of the email?

Thanks for your help.

John Ahlstrom


--
Do you really believe the moon exists
only when someone is looking at it?
Einstein

Russ
Sat May 10 02:39:35 PDT 2008

This newsgroup is for support of Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007
from the Office family for Intel PCs. For Outlook Express (OE) support try
posting in this newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com.microsoft,public.windoes.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

If this group isn't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

Also a good source of Outlook Express info can be found here:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Ahlstrom" <AhlstromJK@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:WqqdnedxHZyFRLnVnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I know that I can go to the address book
> and look up a person's name to find out their
> actual email address, but is there any Outlook Express
> option or preference that let's me specify that
> I want to see the actual address and not just
> the name in the to: or From: or cc: etc fields
> of the email?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> John Ahlstrom
>
>
> --
> Do you really believe the moon exists
> only when someone is looking at it?
> Einstein