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Chuck Martin
Some time back all of my all-day dates in my calendar doubled up. That is,
for every all-day entry, holidays, birthday, anniversaries, etc., an
'additional" day was added, the day immediately before. At least, that's
what it looks like on the calendar. It's actually not quite so; it looks
more and more like everything got shifted an hour early.. Let me explain.
First, the situation. I'm using Outlook 2002 on my desktop computer. Last
fall, I bought a new computer running Windows XP Home (replacing one that
ran Windows 98). I connected my old hard drive to me new computer to move
data and imported the .PST file.
Right around the time this oddity occurred, I bought a Timex Ironman
Datalink USB watch. I mention this because I've seen information where I
infer that a new device making a data connection to Outlook can sometimes
give Outlook the willies.
I use a Pocket PC, an HP Jornada 568. Part of what I do with that is use it
to synchronize the data between my desktop and my notebook, which I using
Outlook 2003 (the latest version). doing this has never been an issue.
Here's what happens and what I see.
Looking in month view, I see all my all-day events. When I click on a
holiday (say Mother's Day), the appointment that opens up says it starts
(again using Mother's Day as an example) at 11pm on Saturday, May 8 and ends
at 11pm on Sunday, May 9.
Birthdays also seem to span 2 days, but with no times. My birthday, for
example, is August 15, yet the calendar shows it to span Aug. 14-15. When I
double-click on the Aug. 14 portion, the appointment date shows August 15.
I have a class in my calendar. It's supposed to be 6-9 on Wednesdays. Those
appoiintments now start at 5.
Since this began, I have not synchronized my PocketPC because I am afraid
that this corruption will spread.
i have thought of trying to delete and re-enter birthdays and anniversaries
in my contacts, but I cannot delete the date object that ebeds itself in the
notes area of the General tab of the contact. When I double-click on it, I
first get a security mesage, then a message thatt says "The path specified
for the file c:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst is not valid." I believe that is the path
to the .PST file on my old Windows 98 machine, which tells me that when I
imported my data originally, the path in these objects didn't update.
So I am in a bit of a quandry. One approach was to delete the appointment
data on my desktop, and hope that when I do a synchronization of my
PocketPC, the appointment dates will be re=populated. I dont' know if that
will really happen though because the deletes would be more recent than the
existing PocketPC data. Can this be done, and if so how?
I also don't know what to do about the embedded datas in the contacts that
can't be manipulated. I'm open to ideas.
Please cc: me directly when replying as I am only an occasional reader of
this NG.
Thanks in advance.
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Chuck Martin
User Assistance & Experience Engineer
twriter "at" sonic "dot" net www.writeforyou.com
"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. The day
may come when the courage of Men fail, when we forsake our friends and
break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day! This day, we fight!"
- Aragorn
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given you."
- Gandalf
for every all-day entry, holidays, birthday, anniversaries, etc., an
'additional" day was added, the day immediately before. At least, that's
what it looks like on the calendar. It's actually not quite so; it looks
more and more like everything got shifted an hour early.. Let me explain.
First, the situation. I'm using Outlook 2002 on my desktop computer. Last
fall, I bought a new computer running Windows XP Home (replacing one that
ran Windows 98). I connected my old hard drive to me new computer to move
data and imported the .PST file.
Right around the time this oddity occurred, I bought a Timex Ironman
Datalink USB watch. I mention this because I've seen information where I
infer that a new device making a data connection to Outlook can sometimes
give Outlook the willies.
I use a Pocket PC, an HP Jornada 568. Part of what I do with that is use it
to synchronize the data between my desktop and my notebook, which I using
Outlook 2003 (the latest version). doing this has never been an issue.
Here's what happens and what I see.
Looking in month view, I see all my all-day events. When I click on a
holiday (say Mother's Day), the appointment that opens up says it starts
(again using Mother's Day as an example) at 11pm on Saturday, May 8 and ends
at 11pm on Sunday, May 9.
Birthdays also seem to span 2 days, but with no times. My birthday, for
example, is August 15, yet the calendar shows it to span Aug. 14-15. When I
double-click on the Aug. 14 portion, the appointment date shows August 15.
I have a class in my calendar. It's supposed to be 6-9 on Wednesdays. Those
appoiintments now start at 5.
Since this began, I have not synchronized my PocketPC because I am afraid
that this corruption will spread.
i have thought of trying to delete and re-enter birthdays and anniversaries
in my contacts, but I cannot delete the date object that ebeds itself in the
notes area of the General tab of the contact. When I double-click on it, I
first get a security mesage, then a message thatt says "The path specified
for the file c:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst is not valid." I believe that is the path
to the .PST file on my old Windows 98 machine, which tells me that when I
imported my data originally, the path in these objects didn't update.
So I am in a bit of a quandry. One approach was to delete the appointment
data on my desktop, and hope that when I do a synchronization of my
PocketPC, the appointment dates will be re=populated. I dont' know if that
will really happen though because the deletes would be more recent than the
existing PocketPC data. Can this be done, and if so how?
I also don't know what to do about the embedded datas in the contacts that
can't be manipulated. I'm open to ideas.
Please cc: me directly when replying as I am only an occasional reader of
this NG.
Thanks in advance.
--
--
Chuck Martin
User Assistance & Experience Engineer
twriter "at" sonic "dot" net www.writeforyou.com
"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. The day
may come when the courage of Men fail, when we forsake our friends and
break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day! This day, we fight!"
- Aragorn
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given you."
- Gandalf