Entourage 2008 crashes if I want to add a new Task

[Juan I. Cahis]

Dear friends:

I upgraded my Office 2004 package to Office 2008, and I have to
problems with Entourage:

1. Entourage doesn't sync my Tasks with my Company's Exchange
Server. Mail, Calendar and Contacts are sync OK.

2. Entourage 2008 crashes if I want to add a new Task. When I try
to write the start date or the end date of the new Task, it crashes
and asks me to send a report to Microsoft.

Any hint?


Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

 

[Juan I. Cahis]

Dear friends:

I upgraded my Office 2004 package to Office 2008, and I have to
problems with Entourage:

1. Entourage doesn't sync my Tasks with my Company's Exchange
Server. Mail, Calendar and Contacts are sync OK.

2. Entourage 2008 crashes if I want to add a new Task. When I try
to write the start date or the end date of the new Task, it crashes
and asks me to send a report to Microsoft.

Any hint?


Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

Dear friends:

I found the problem. Entourage 2008 (but *not* Entourage 2004) crashes
or fails with some localized (national or customized) date and time
formats. If you return to the "US" settings, all is OK.

So, I needed to choose (and customize) carefully the National settings
in my Mac, in order to keep Entourage 2008 working. This is a serious
bug and a serious drawback from Entourage 2004, that worked perfectly
in these situations. And please note that we are speaking of a setting
expressed in a Western Unicode kind of Language. I suppose that these
settings should be more difficult to implement in other Languages,
like Languages that have a different alphabet.

It is incredible that a Company like Microsoft, which it is supposed
to be "Global" doesn't fully test their products in these situations
before release them to the International market.

Thanks a lot again!!!!


Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

 

[Diane Ross]

I forwarded this on for testing. Thanks!!