Try starting Outlook once with the /cleanfreebusy switch. If you need help
using Outlook command line switches, look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296192

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Jocelyn Fiorello
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> Appointments I enter in my calendar do not appear in the scheduling tab so we
> can do a busy search although meetings I accept from others do.