Calendar-ALL appts. from co-workers appear as "series" even though they enter them as &quo

[Laurie]

Everytime I accept an appt. from my co-workers, it is placed on my calendar repeating itself every week. They are not entering them as a "series" and they only show up that way on my computer (Dell Inspiron laptop). I'm thinking my best solution is to just delete my outlook and reinstall it myself (the laptop came from Dell with Outlook on it already). ??????

 

[F. H. Muffman]

Everytime I accept an appt. from my co-workers, it is placed on my
calendar
repeating itself every week. They are not entering them as a "series" and
they
only show up that way on my computer (Dell Inspiron laptop). I'm thinking
my
best solution is to just delete my outlook and reinstall it myself (the
laptop came
from Dell with Outlook on it already). ??????

Go into Add/Remove programs and try uninstalling Outlookaddinsetup (possibly
listed as Cyberlink Outlookaddinsetup) and see if it continues.

 

[Laurie]

That worked! I had a feeling it was a "Dell thing". THANKS SO MUCH!

For anyone else having this issue, here's a site to check out:

www.slipstick.com

They describe the following:

Recurring Meeting Bug
If your Outlook seems possessed and turns all of your meeting requests into recurring meetings, you have a Dell laptop with MediaDirect.

There is a bug in the add-in that reads Outlook meetings so Media Direct's Instant Office can display then without fully booting into Windows. You'll need to uninstall or disable the add-in called "Outlook Setup Addin (Cyberlink)" to put an end to the errant recurring meetings.

Users are reporting problems with meeting requests having a mind of their own:

"One of the office people I support is having problems with meeting requests.
When he accepts the meeting, Outlook 2003 automatically tags it as a recurring meeting indefinitely . This is the case whether it is supposed to be recurring or not. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Outlook 2003 as well as the entire Office 2003 suite. I have deleted his Outlook profile and recreated it.
Any ideas? This is a new machine, with new installs and this is the only incident in our office of 80+ users. "

Let me guess - this new machine is a Dell? And it has MediaDirect installed?
This application installs an Outlook add-in called "Outlook Setup Addin" which is causing problems for some users. This add-in supports the Instant Office feature of Media Direct. Uninstall it from Control panel, Add and Remove Programs to prevent the problem with future meeting requests.

Along with causing meeting requests to become recurring, it doesn't work well with Outlook 2007 and is responsible for at least some of the complaints about Outlook 2007's slowness and CPU resources spiking.

So what is MediaDirect and Instant Office? It's a way to quickly view certain items on the computer when the computer is powered down. It's a pretty cool idea, too bad it doesn't play nicely with Outlook.

Description of the MediaDirect feature taken from the Dell website:

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Dell Exclusive: MediaDirect featuring Instant Office Dell MediaDirect puts your media and more at your fingertips. Now it also gives you "instant on" access to your calendar, contacts and presentations. With the computer off, one press of the MediaDirect button gives you quick access to items on your hard drive, optical drive, a USB key or from the integrated 5-in-1 media card, including:
Videos
Music
Photo slideshows
"Instant Office" featuring Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Calendar Viewer, and Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express Contact Viewer
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