Friday, August 22, 2008
Outlook 2007 diagnostics
Honestly, Outlook 2007 is a piece of crap. As soon as I come across a copy of 2003 I'll be downgrading - because 2007 is just too badly broken to be fixed. I keep hoping for a Service Pack but so far, almost 2 years since it was released, that is still to materialize.
It's not just crap, it's obtuse as well. I had major problems this morning so did all the usual things to try and help Outlook 2007 to actually stagger to life: as well as 110-150MB of memory it needs just to run, I tried the Microsoft Office Diagnostics.
What a joke.
Diagnostics ran and reported one problem was identified and fixed. I click the "more info" and find that "Office fixed all the problems that it could find". Details? You Must Be Joking Mate. It fixes this one problem EVERY TIME. Actually, I don't even believe that the tool does anything any more than report a "placebo" problem.
If only - if only there was an alternative that works with Exchange. And don't even WHISPER Lotus Notes, as everyone I know who has to use Notes complains just as much as "we" complain about Exchange.
It's not just crap, it's obtuse as well. I had major problems this morning so did all the usual things to try and help Outlook 2007 to actually stagger to life: as well as 110-150MB of memory it needs just to run, I tried the Microsoft Office Diagnostics.
What a joke.
Diagnostics ran and reported one problem was identified and fixed. I click the "more info" and find that "Office fixed all the problems that it could find". Details? You Must Be Joking Mate. It fixes this one problem EVERY TIME. Actually, I don't even believe that the tool does anything any more than report a "placebo" problem.
If only - if only there was an alternative that works with Exchange. And don't even WHISPER Lotus Notes, as everyone I know who has to use Notes complains just as much as "we" complain about Exchange.
Labels: Office 2007, rant
# posted by Nesjo : 10:00
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