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Outlook constantly synchronizing folders
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Chris - 09 Jul 2008 12:02 GMT Hi all, I have brand new Lenovo T61p with Vista Ultimate and Office 2007, with all applicable updates installed. Outlook is configured via RPC over HTTPS to Exchange 2003, it works, but I have all the times in systray icon symbolizing synchronization. Also, notitification about new mail is not always working. I created new clean profile for Outlook and tried to disable most addons, but it changed nothing. Problem is maybe not critical but for sure very annoying. On the old laptop I have also Outlook 2007 but with Windows XP and it works fine there. Any thought what can I do to fix that?
Thanks, Chris
ABS, Inc. - 09 Jul 2008 18:07 GMT Chris, I dont have an answer for you but I'm wondering if this indicator started to appear after the latest round of updates (7/8/2008)? And if you put your cursor over the icon (not clicking) does it go back to normal? (Outlook version 12.0.6316.5000 SP1)
It does not seem to appear to interfere with anything just more of a display issue.
> Hi all, > I have brand new Lenovo T61p with Vista Ultimate and Office 2007, with all [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks, > Chris Chris - 10 Jul 2008 10:48 GMT I didn't noticed before but it looks like you're right, thanks.
> Chris, I dont have an answer for you but I'm wondering if this indicator > started to appear after the latest round of updates (7/8/2008)? And if [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> Thanks, >> Chris Emily Lin [MSFT] - 10 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT Hi Chris,
First, please check the outlook status bar (on the right bottom of the Outlook window). Is it saying "all folders are up to date" or "sending/receiving 95%"?
If it stops on "sending/receiving 95%", it may be something wrong with the synchronization. Please click it and choose Detail to show the send/receive details. Does it stop at sending or receiving? Please empty the Outbox folder and the Inbox folder. And then restart outlook to test the isuse.
When the outlook status bar says "All folders are up to date", the outlook icon in the system tray still says "Outlook is synchronizing folders". ------------------------------------------------------- Based on my research, there is a known issue in Windows Vista and Outlook 2007. Such an issue may begin after you install the update/hotfix 950282 or 950485. The bug number is "OfficeQFE.21944 OL2007 - Notification icon not updating properly (regression from 21309)". Our product team is working on it. When it is available, it may be a Office update, you can install it via the Microsoft Update site.
Thanks so much for your understanding.
If anything is unclear or if you have any other concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Emily Lin
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>From: "Chris" <chris00@nospam.nospam> >Subject: Outlook constantly synchronizing folders [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >Thanks, >Chris Chris - 10 Jul 2008 10:48 GMT Hi Emily, Looks like all folders are in sync, so it is just cosmetic issue. I'll be waiting for fix. Thanks for your time, best, chris
> Hi Chris, > [quoted text clipped - 76 lines] >>Thanks, >>Chris Emily Lin [MSFT] - 11 Jul 2008 04:23 GMT Hi Chris,
If you meet issue in future please feel free to post in our Online Technical Community. You're always welcome!
Have a nice day!
Emily Lin, Microsoft Online Partner Support
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>From: "Chris" <chris00@nospam.nospam> >References: <DC2AAEF2-26C0-46C5-90F0-C8B9BADE3DD6@microsoft.com> <qGab22j4IHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl> [quoted text clipped - 109 lines] >>>Thanks, >>>Chris massimiliano.rizzi - 26 Jul 2008 13:42 GMT Hello Emily,
We have just started seeing this issue in our company (we're running Office 2007 SP1 fully patched on Vista SP1 fully patched and Exchange 2007 SP1 fully patched).
The outlook status bar says "All folders are up to date", while the outlook icon in the system tray still says "Outlook is synchronizing folders".
Do you have any updates for this issue ?
Thank you and have a great day!
Regards, Massimiliano
> Hi Chris, > [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > >Thanks, > >Chris Jack - 29 Jul 2008 16:19 GMT Emily, we encountered the exact same thing here. On approximately 100 workstations. Clearly this is a cosmetic issue, but that doesn't stop the calls coming in. Is there any kind of hotfix available from MS or an ETA for a final fix that will be made available on WSUS and/or Windows Update?
Jack
> Hi Chris, > [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > >Thanks, > >Chris Kheldan - 05 Aug 2008 19:50 GMT Emily,
Any update on this odd issue? Is there any workaround???
It appears to indeed be cosmetic but still very annoying to say the least!
Anybody figure out a workaround to this?
Thx,
Kheldan
> Hi Chris, > [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > >Thanks, > >Chris Paul - 11 Jul 2008 07:42 GMT I have just started seeing this, too. I seems to me that it started after Windows Update installed some updates on 9 July (indeed, the date Chris first posted his observation, and he may have gotten his updates on July 8 -- I am in Europe and we seem to get them a day later...), updates that included an Outlook one (KB952142)plus several Vista ones... (I'm running Office 2007 SP1 on Vista SP1).
My guess is that this results from one of the July 8-9 updates, probably the Outlook one but perhaps one of the Vista ones..
ProtocolOH - 19 Jul 2008 20:52 GMT > I have just started seeing this, too. I seems to me that it started after Windows Update installed some updates on 9 July (indeed, the date Chris first posted his observation, and he may have gotten his updates on July 8 -- I am in Europe and we seem to get them a day later...), updates that included an Outlook one (KB952142)plus several Vista ones... (I'm running Office 2007 SP1 on Vista SP1). > > My guess is that this results from one of the July 8-9 updates, probably the Outlook one but perhaps one of the Vista ones.. I concur. I have a Dell Latitude D830 running WinXP SP3 fully patched, and running Office 2007 SP1 (fully patched). About a week ago, I started noticing that the system tray icon was constantly showing synchronization. If I hovered my mouse over the icon, it would often flicker back to the "regular" Outlook icon, then the "synchronizing" icon would pop up again a few seconds later. This definitely started about a week ago; I've never noticed it before, and I keep a pretty good watch on my system. I would have to suspect that the last Patch Tuesday changed something.
Paul - 11 Jul 2008 07:49 GMT Paul here again -- just noticed that I have EXACTLY the same setup as Chris, and I quote: "Lenovo T61p with Vista Ultimate and Office 2007, with all applicable updates installed. Outlook is configured via RPC over HTTPS to Exchange 2003" That's me, too. Hmm....
marmel - 24 Jul 2008 20:53 GMT > Getting the same behavior here too. Desktop vista box on a domain. Issue started just a few weeks ago as other have reported. Confirming appears to be cosmetic.
John - 29 Jul 2008 23:02 GMT This is NOT a "cosmetic" issue.
For the last few weeks, Outlook stalls while that icon shows syncing is in progress. I am having this issue even on my standalone that is NOT on Exchange, just POP.
I left it stalled for an overnight check and it stayed at 73% all night with the syncing icon still going.
Task Manager shows Outlook as "Not Responding."
If I close Outlook, the icon stays on the systray. When I hover over the icon (after Outlook closes) the icon disappears.
When I restart Outlook, it forces a check (which takes a considerable amount of time). Then, it works well.
Why some are stating that this is "cosmetic" is beyond me. This is a time consuming irritation.
Frank - 30 Jul 2008 00:30 GMT I dont believe the issue to be "cosmetic" either. We have roughly 70 workstations connected to a domain, running a mixture of XP SP3 and Vista SP1 with E2k7 SP1 / Outlook 2007 ( Office Enterprise ) and all patches up to date. We also have roughly 50 RPC over HTTPS ( Exchange Anywhere ) running. All seem to be having this issue.
We are noticing lagg in Office due to this. It can take anywhere from 3 to 50 seconds for an e-mail to open once clicking on it. Of course, we are getting a TON of calls on it for the annoyance of it.
It would be great if we could get some kind of explination and a ETA on a fix, just so we have something to pass off to our end users. Too much silence from the I.T. Department has most end users in front of our office with tourches and pitch forks! :)
Nancy OLeary - 01 Aug 2008 13:36 GMT This is not something just from July. I did not have these problems running Office 2007 on XP. But it started immediately with Vista.
It only does this when I try to send. I can get one or two emails sent before it the icon starts flipping around in my tray...and then none of the emails show that they've been sent. I can only get this to stop by deleting the email from the Outbox. Sometimes, one or two persons will actually receive the email, but not all.
Daniel Wilkins - 08 Aug 2008 10:35 GMT I'd like to add that I am experiencing this too, although fortunately I'm the only one running Office 2007 as I haven't rolled it out to our company yet.
I am running XP 64-bit SP2 (no SP3 available yet!), so it's not an SP3 issue. I don't seem to be suffering any lag but I've got a high-spec workstation so may not notice if there were any.
I have a fresh build too*, and have only had the machine running a week so it's not loaded with a load of old software which could cause the problem.
*Went back to XP from putting up with Vista for nearly 2 years. XP rocks.
dmilette - 22 Aug 2008 02:40 GMT Anybody here figure out a fix for this annoying display issue?
I'm still experiencing this. Everything works A1 but the display of the notification icon just gets stuck.... passing the cursor over it a bit unlocks it for a while.
Is there a specific hot fix we could uninstall to make it work properly again? Is Microsoft aware of this bug? I have a few machines displaying this new behavior.
If anybody has anything to share I'd like to hear it.
Thanks,
David M.
> Hi all, > I have brand new Lenovo T61p with Vista Ultimate and Office 2007, with all [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks, > Chris dmilette - 22 Aug 2008 03:13 GMT I've simply opted for now to always hide the outlook icon from the notification area. I still get the new mail notification icon (enveloppe) when new mail is delivered and I no longer see the silly false synch icon get stuck. Only inconvenience is I need to not hide when minimized as the icon is no longer in the notification area.
I'm still hoping that Microsoft will address this issue a past hotfix broke...
> Anybody here figure out a fix for this annoying display issue? > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Thanks, > > Chris dmilette - 22 Aug 2008 12:00 GMT Hello to all,
I have found the culprit to this issue... it is KB952142 fix (the irony is that this fix's description is as follows: This update (KB952142) resolves an issue where Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 behaves unexpectedly in some circumstances!
It is a known issue by Microsoft and they are looking at releasing a new KB fix by end of month to resolve it. In the interim, if you wish for this issue to go away, simply unistall KB952142 and all is well once more with Outlook.
I hope this helps,
David M.
> I've simply opted for now to always hide the outlook icon from the > notification area. I still get the new mail notification icon (enveloppe) [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > > Thanks, > > > Chris dmilette - 22 Aug 2008 12:03 GMT See here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952142
> Hello to all, > [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris ELT - 13 Sep 2008 15:30 GMT Outlook had succeeded in slowing my domained XP Pro box to a crawl; every time I looked in the tray, the Outlook icon was "synchronizing folders". I quite nearly trashed Outlook altogether. I removed KB952142, and the problem instantly disappeared, along with all the system hangs. Voila! Outlook team, take note - this really should be widely published; there is something seriously wrong with KB952142.
Thanks David!
Ed L.
> See here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=952142 > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Chris
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