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Outlook Contacts Not Working
Outlook 2000
Windows XP Exchange Server 2000 When entering the first name of someone known to be in the Outlook Address Book, the name is not corrected/updated by Automatic Name Checking. I've tried deleting the .nick file, repairing Outlook, reinstalling Outlook, adding a profile, deleting all profiles, deleting all address books, yet nothing seems to get the functionality back. Please help, I've posted here before and gotten no responses. Thanks! |
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Outlook Contacts Not Working
what behavior are you seeing instead? Is this IMO or CW mode? If the latter,
what's the address book resolution order? -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Dvord Direwood" wrote in message ... Outlook 2000 Windows XP Exchange Server 2000 When entering the first name of someone known to be in the Outlook Address Book, the name is not corrected/updated by Automatic Name Checking. I've tried deleting the .nick file, repairing Outlook, reinstalling Outlook, adding a profile, deleting all profiles, deleting all address books, yet nothing seems to get the functionality back. Please help, I've posted here before and gotten no responses. Thanks! |
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We're in Corporate Workgroup mode, using an Exchange 2000 server.
We've changed the address book resolution order several times, including putting the user's Outlook Address Book first, but it doesn't seem to work. We get the names from the global contact list just fine (other employees) but the Firm Contacts (located in public folders) and the personal contacts (contacts under outlook today) simply won't resolve. If you click the Check Names button on the taskbar it says no matching names were found. However if you click the Show More Names button, the sought-after name is usually right on top of the list. Thanks! Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: what behavior are you seeing instead? Is this IMO or CW mode? If the latter, what's the address book resolution order? |
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What address lists are present in Tools | Services | Addressing as those
used for name resolution? What is the address resolution order? What exactly is the user entering in the To field? -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Dvord Direwood" wrote in message ... We're in Corporate Workgroup mode, using an Exchange 2000 server. We've changed the address book resolution order several times, including putting the user's Outlook Address Book first, but it doesn't seem to work. We get the names from the global contact list just fine (other employees) but the Firm Contacts (located in public folders) and the personal contacts (contacts under outlook today) simply won't resolve. If you click the Check Names button on the taskbar it says no matching names were found. However if you click the Show More Names button, the sought-after name is usually right on top of the list. Thanks! Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: what behavior are you seeing instead? Is this IMO or CW mode? If the latter, what's the address book resolution order? |
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I went to ToolsAddress Book, then ToolsOptions.
First I found that Show this address list first was set to "contacts", Keep personal addys is set to "Contacts" When sending mail, the order is Contacts, Global Address List, then Firm Contacts (the one in public folders). To test, I typed in the first name of a unique name to all three address lists, "bernadette" (without the quotes) in the To field of a new message. I then tabbed to the subject field, typed "test" then tabbed to the body. The name did not autocomplete. I clicked the Check Names button, and the popup message said "bernadette" was not recognized. Change To showed no suggestions. I clicked the Show more names... button and the address window came up, for the Contacts list (as it should since that's the first one) and Bernadette was highlighted. The names were sorted First Last. I could then click ok, and the name was completed. I have also tried using a unique last name, with the same results. Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: What address lists are present in Tools | Services | Addressing as those used for name resolution? What is the address resolution order? What exactly is the user entering in the To field? |
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I went to ToolsAddress Book, then ToolsOptions.
First I found that Show this address list first was set to "contacts", Keep personal addys is set to "Contacts" When sending mail, the order is Contacts, Global Address List, then Firm Contacts (the one in public folders). To test, I typed in the first name of a unique name to all three address lists, "bernadette" (without the quotes) in the To field of a new message. I then tabbed to the subject field, typed "test" then tabbed to the body. The name did not autocomplete. I clicked the Check Names button, and the popup message said "bernadette" was not recognized. Change To showed no suggestions. I clicked the Show more names... button and the address window came up, for the Contacts list (as it should since that's the first one) and Bernadette was highlighted. The names were sorted First Last. I could then click ok, and the name was completed. I have also tried using a unique last name, with the same results. Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: What address lists are present in Tools | Services | Addressing as those used for name resolution? What is the address resolution order? What exactly is the user entering in the To field? |
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Check Tools | Options | Email Options | Advanced Email Options to see
whether the options for checking names and suggesting names (autocomplete) are even turned on. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Dvord Direwood" wrote in message ... I went to ToolsAddress Book, then ToolsOptions. First I found that Show this address list first was set to "contacts", Keep personal addys is set to "Contacts" When sending mail, the order is Contacts, Global Address List, then Firm Contacts (the one in public folders). To test, I typed in the first name of a unique name to all three address lists, "bernadette" (without the quotes) in the To field of a new message. I then tabbed to the subject field, typed "test" then tabbed to the body. The name did not autocomplete. I clicked the Check Names button, and the popup message said "bernadette" was not recognized. Change To showed no suggestions. I clicked the Show more names... button and the address window came up, for the Contacts list (as it should since that's the first one) and Bernadette was highlighted. The names were sorted First Last. I could then click ok, and the name was completed. I have also tried using a unique last name, with the same results. Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: What address lists are present in Tools | Services | Addressing as those used for name resolution? What is the address resolution order? What exactly is the user entering in the To field? |
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Yes, they are turned on.
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: Check Tools | Options | Email Options | Advanced Email Options to see whether the options for checking names and suggesting names (autocomplete) are even turned on. |
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Well, that makes it a stumper, doesn't it? At this point, creating a new
profile seems like a good troubleshooting technique to try. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Dvord Direwood" wrote in message ... Yes, they are turned on. Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: Check Tools | Options | Email Options | Advanced Email Options to see whether the options for checking names and suggesting names (autocomplete) are even turned on. |
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Well you're to the point I have been which led me here. Hehehe I've
tried creating a new profile, deleting the old one, then I tried adding a profile and using it instead, neither solved the problem. I've also reinstalled Outlook. Unless it's impossible to be a server-side issue, I think I have to delete the mailbox/account and recreate it. If I do that, I'll export his current contacts into something benign like a comma-delimited file or excel spreadsheet to get his contacts back. Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: Well, that makes it a stumper, doesn't it? At this point, creating a new profile seems like a good troubleshooting technique to try. |
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