Outlook 2003 Bombs On Wireless

[jhale1966]

I just recently bought a new notebook and when I have it wired into my
network, Outlook 2003 works fine. When I go Wireless-g, Outlook takes forever
to come up and then bombs saying that it can't start the 'Reminder Service'
and then I must restart all mail enabled applications.

My Outlook data file is stored on a local server (for backup purposes) and
everything works when wired, just not wireless. All the other Office apps
seem to work fine either way.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

And this is the reason why storing pst-files on a networkshare is not
recommended and supported.

If you need to back-up pst-file you can use the backup add-in which you can
download for free from their website. Configure it to back-up to the server
and leave the pst-file locally.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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I just recently bought a new notebook and when I have it wired into my
network, Outlook 2003 works fine. When I go Wireless-g, Outlook takes
forever
to come up and then bombs saying that it can't start the 'Reminder Service'
and then I must restart all mail enabled applications.

My Outlook data file is stored on a local server (for backup purposes) and
everything works when wired, just not wireless. All the other Office apps
seem to work fine either way.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Assuming you mean that you have a PST file as the default delivery location
and said file is located on a network drive, then I'm going to say that you
are in an unsupported configuration as Microsoft does not recommend the use
of PST files on network drives. (any little hiccup can cause data
corruption or instability in the application. in this case, the wireless
connection isn't stable for some reason.)

 

[jhale1966]

So what's the best way of sharing my EMail between my Desktop and my Laptop?
Storing everything in my Exchange Mailbox? I don't want 2 different pst files.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The exchange mailbox is the best way to access it on multiple machines - it
was designed exactly for that. Exchange mailbox does not use a pst - set
your account to use the mailbox for the default delivery location and you
can use it from anywhere - either with outlook or OWA.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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So what's the best way of sharing my EMail between my Desktop and my
Laptop?
Storing everything in my Exchange Mailbox? I don't want 2 different pst
files.

And this is the reason why storing pst-files on a networkshare is not
recommended and supported.

If you need to back-up pst-file you can use the backup add-in which you
can
download for free from their website. Configure it to back-up to the
server
and leave the pst-file locally.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
I just recently bought a new notebook and when I have it wired into my
network, Outlook 2003 works fine. When I go Wireless-g, Outlook takes
forever
to come up and then bombs saying that it can't start the 'Reminder
Service'
and then I must restart all mail enabled applications.

My Outlook data file is stored on a local server (for backup purposes)
and
everything works when wired, just not wireless. All the other Office apps
seem to work fine either way.