Major "database daemon not responding" problem

[Simon Pollock]

My situation is getting increasingly worse. Entourage will not respond at
all for about 20 minutes at a time. In Activity Monitor there is a red line
saying that Database Daemon is not responding. I have unchecked the
Spotlight option so it does not search in Entourage.

It seems that these incidents are increasing in frequency so I cannot work
in Entourage while this is all going on.

What is database daemon and why does it keep hanging like this?

Thanks

Simon Pollock

Mac OS 10.4.8 Entourage 11.2.5 Powerbook G4

 

[Diane Ross]

My situation is getting increasingly worse. Entourage will not respond at
all for about 20 minutes at a time. In Activity Monitor there is a red line
saying that Database Daemon is not responding. I have unchecked the
Spotlight option so it does not search in Entourage.

It seems that these incidents are increasing in frequency so I cannot work
in Entourage while this is all going on.

What is database daemon and why does it keep hanging like this?

Make sure you have only one daemon in your Startup Items. If you see more
than one Microsoft Database daemon delete them all and let Entourage
recreate a new one.

The Microsoft Database Daemon allows the Reminder to work even if all MS
applications are closed. The daemon is actually used all the time to access
the Database. Even Word uses it. This is why you need to Quit Notifications
and/or the Microsoft Database daemon when you install MS updates. It could
also interfere with backup applications.

More info:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/glossary/daemon.html>

Try trashing preferences:

com.microsoft.AlertsDaemon.plist

com.microsoft.OfficeNotifications.plist

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
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