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When you use Exchange server, anyone with proper permission to your calendar can open it and add an appointment. While the person's name or Exchange alias is listed as the Organizer, its not easily discovered by many users.  Outlook 2007 makes it easier by placing the organizer's name in the subject field (much to the annoyance of many people). The easiest way to see who … [Read more...] about "Who created the appointment?"

We're seeing more and more errors caused by compatibility mode. I couldn't understand why users were even touching the compatibility mode settings until someone said they ran the Troubleshoot Compatibility utility in Windows and IT made the changes. Yikes. When you right click on the application shortcut, one of the options is Troubleshoot compatibility. DO NOT use this. … [Read more...] about Microsoft Window's "Troubleshoot Compatibility" errors in Outlook

When you want to remove members from a distribution group, click the Remove Members button, don't use the Delete key or button. If you use the Delete button () you'll delete the entire distribution group. Select the name (or names) and use the Remove Member button instead. (In older versions of Outlook the button name is just "Remove".) If you accidentally delete … [Read more...] about How to remove Members from a Contact Group

When you receive the message The form required to view this message cannot be displayed. Contact your administrator It usually means that you need to clean Outlook's forms cache. To clear the forms cache, follow these steps: Go to Tools menu, Options. Click the Other tab, and then Advanced Options. Click Custom Forms. Click Manage Forms. Click Clear Cache. … [Read more...] about How to clean up Outlook's Forms Cache

Use this method when you are moving computers and changing mail clients at the same time. I have the dbx files from Outlook Express. The new computer this needs to be imported to is Windows 7 with Outlook 2007. How do I manage this? Outlook alone doesn't support importing OE's DBX files, you'll first need to import them into Windows Live Mail, then export them to Outlook. … [Read more...] about Import Outlook Express mail into Microsoft Outlook