Outlook::Name Completion

Mentioned in a comment a while back:
NK2CSV
http://www.nk2.info/

Migration from GroupWise to Exchange

I have just a few users and the only data available is the "cache mode" copy on a laptop.

Search Results Page: "Instructions on exporting mail to a PST file from GroupWise using Outlook."

-Install the GroupWise Client.
-Install the Outlook 2002 Client.
-Load GroupWise Client and login as the user.
-Launch Outlook (this will connect to the GroupWise account that you are currently logged into).

Opening Attachments Blocked by the Microsoft Outlook E-mail Security Update:
"Opening .exe Attachments with the Outlook E-mail Security Update"

Allow the user to use a registry key to open up access to blocked attachments. (Always make a backup before editing the registry.) To use this key: Run Regedit, and go to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Security

(change 10.0 to 9.0 for Outlook 2000 SP3 or to 11.0 for Outlook 2003) Under that key, add a new string value named Level1Remove. For the value for Level1Remove, enter a semicolon-delimited list of file extensions. For example, entering this: .mdb;.urlwould unblock Microsoft Access files and Internet shortcuts. Note that the use of a leading dot was not previously required, however, new security patches may require it. If you are using "mdb;url" format and extensions are blocked, add a dot to each extension. Note also that there is not a space between extensions. If you are using this registry entry, a glance at Help About Microsoft Outlook will show Security Mode: User Controlled above the license information. See OL2002 You Cannot Open Attachments for more information on this registry entry. To force users to save *.zip files to the hard drive before opening, add .zip to the extensions step 3. See How to configure Outlook to block additional attachment file name extensions for more information. If you prefer not to edit the registry directly, you can use one of these tools to make the change; not all support both Outlook 2002 and 2000:

Outlook: Problems Syncing Offline Folders

From: MS KB 842284

How to create a new .ost file and synchronize the folders

To create a new .ost file, rename the old .ost file, and then synchronize the new .ost file with the computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server. When you rename the old .ost file, Outlook creates a new file. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Quit all programs.
2. Click Start, point to Search, and then click For Files or Folders.
3. In the search dialog box, click All files and folders.
4. In the All or part of the file name tab, type *.ost .
5. Do not type anything in the A word or phrase in the file box.
6. Click the hard disk in the Look in list. Then, under the More advanced options option, click to select the Include subfolders check box, and then click Search

In the Name column, you see the .ost file. The default location for the .ost file is as follows.

For Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98:
C:\Windows\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

For Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

7. Right-click the .ost file, and then click Rename. Rename the file by using a different file name extension, such as an .old file name extension instead of the .ost file name extension.
8. On the File menu, click Close.
9. Start Outlook, point to Send/receive on the Tools menu, and then click Send/Receive All.
You see the status of the new synchronization in the lower-right part of the screen, and you now have a new .ost file.

Because the .ost file is a replication of the information that is stored in the Exchange Server mailbox, this procedure does not damage any information.

How to disable the AutoArchive feature and the Personal Folders file feature in Outlook

!Do this on Citrix servers!

The Life Of An Email From Creation To Delivery

Outlook::Windows XP SP2::Enable RPC Polling

The Outlook Find feature and the new mail notifications do not work after you apply Windows XP Service Pack 2: "SYMPTOMS
After you apply Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) on your computer, you may notice that the following behaviors occur in Microsoft Outlook:•When you connect to a Microsoft Exchange Server-based computer and receive a new e-mail message, you are not prompted with a notification, and the new e-mail message does not automatically appear in your Inbox. If you click Send/Receive or another Outlook folder, and then you click your Inbox folder to update the Outlook message pane, any new e-mail messages that you have will appear.
•When you try to send an e-mail message in Outlook, the e-mail message may remain in your Outbox folder longer than expected. Or, there may be a delay before the e-mail message is sent."

XADM: Description of the MAPI Client Connection Polling of an Exchange Server: "This article describes the MAPI client connection polling that is performed at regular intervals by a MAPI client to verify the connection with an Exchange server"

Outlook::Holidays

Holidays available only through 2005 calendar year in Outlook 2002
Article ID : 811544
Last Review : January 5, 2006
Revision : 1.1
SYMPTOMS
You cannot add holidays to the Microsoft Outlook 2002 calendar for the year 2006 or later.
CAUSE
This behavior is by design. Microsoft Outlook 2002 provides some of the more popular holidays, but only through to the end of the year 2005.
WORKAROUND
Additional holidays are available from some third-party companies.

You can modify the Outlook holiday file to create your own updated list of holidays. To do so, follow the directions in the "Resolution" section of the following article:
280976 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/280976/) Foreign national and religious holidays incorrectly added in US English Outlook Calendar G - M
MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft is working on releasing a holiday update. Check this article at a later date to obtain a link to the update.

Outlook::Auto Completion Cache

Utility to export nickname (NK2) file
Thanks to a comment on my 3/16/05 article at: Outlook Name Completion Issues
Beta utility:
http://www.epute.com/nk2csv/

The Outlook Find feature and the new mail notifications do not work after you apply Windows XP Service Pack 2

This seems to alleviate a common issue we have wherein if you click your inbox folder it refreshes a bunch of stuff you haven't seen yet, but has arrived minutes before.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Outlook uses the user datagram protocol (UDP) to receive new e-mail message notifications, to update folder views, and to perform searches. By default, when you apply Windows XP SP2, it turns on the Windows Firewall. The Windows Firewall blocks the UDP packets that Outlook uses for new e-mail message notifications and for the Find feature.

Because UDP is a connectionless protocol and the Outlook client does not initiate the communication with the server, the Windows Firewall interprets the UDP packets as unsolicited and blocks them.
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, you must make some configuration changes to the Windows Firewall for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, for Microsoft Outlook 2002, and for Microsoft Outlook 2000 to add the Outlook.exe program to Exceptions list.

For Outlook 2002 and 2000, you must also create a registry key to override the registry key set that is maintained by Windows XP SP2.
For all versions of Outlook
Follow these steps to add the Outlook.exe program to the Exceptions list of your Windows Firewall:1. Click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Windows Firewall.
3. Click Exceptions, and then click Add Program.
4. Locate and then select the Outlook.exe program, and then click Add.

Registry information for Outlook 2002
To turn on RPC Polling in Outlook 2002, Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 is required.

Note If Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 is not applied, Outlook 2000 will ignore the ForcePolling registry key.

You must manually create the following keys to override the ForcePolling registry value that is set by Windows XP SP2. To do this, follow these steps.

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click to select the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft
4. On the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then type Office. The class is None.
5. Click the Office key, click the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then type 10.0. The class is None.
6. Click the 10.0 key, click the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then type Outlook. The class is None.
7. Click the Outlook key, click the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then type RPC. The class is None.
8. On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then type ForcePolling. The data type is REG_DWORD, and the value is 0.

Registry Information for Outlook 2000
To turn on RPC polling in Outlook 2000, Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 is required. After the update is applied to the system, you must change the registry. To do this, follow these steps.

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click to select the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft
4. On the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then type Office. The class is None.
5. Click the Office key, click the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then type 9.0. The class is None.
6. Click the 9.0 key, click the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then type Outlook. The class is None.
7. Click the Outlook key, click the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then type RPC. The class is None.
8. On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and type ForcePolling. The data type is REG_DWORD, and the value is 0.
Note If Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 is not applied, Outlook 2002 will ignore the ForcePolling registry key.

MORE INFORMATION
You cannot open a specific external port number on the Windows Firewall to work around this behavior because Outlook assigns the UDP port number dynamically between 1024 and 65535.

When you use the Find feature in Outlook 2003, you do not experience the symptoms that are described in the "Symptoms" section. Outlook 2003 does not use the UDP to perform searches.