Sorry, but none of the below apply, But then, you probably never saw my
first posts.
Subject: "customize" freezes - Outlook 2002
Monday, October 08, 2007 11:33 PM
Outlook. General newsgroup
Three days later:
Subject: repost: "customize" freezes - Outlook 2002
Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:15 PM
Outlook.General newsgroup
Three days following:
Subject:"Customize" Outlook Freezes
Sunday, October 14, 2007 4:32 PM
Outlook newsgroup
Typical text body my original posts follow:
My first post to Outlook.General
Monday, October 08, 2007 11:33 PM
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Outlook 2002/ Office XP/ Win98se
Might as well ask if there's a fix for the near constant freeze which occurs
when attempting to employ the menu item: Tools Customize.
This freezing issue always requires the most drastic measures to shut down
Outlook/Winword. I should add that the shutdown is never successful; always
resulting in a "Because Outlook was not closed properly...checking some
folder for problems". etc.
Thanking you for any suggestions.
Roxana
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New post:
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My repost to Outlook.General
Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:15 PM
Repost - "customize" freezes - Outlook 2002 - from 3 days ago.
Outlook 2002/ Office XP/ Win98se
Might as well ask if there's a fix for the near constant freeze which occurs
when attempting to employ the menu item: Tools Customize.
This freezing issue always requires the most drastic measures to shut down
Outlook/Winword. I should add that the shutdown is never successful; always
resulting in a "Because Outlook was not closed properly...checking some
folder for problems". etc.
Thanking you for any suggestions. (this is one busy NG)
Roxana
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Milly, would you be so kind as to explain to me what, where and how -
precisely - I'm errant in my posts ?
My third post to Outlook newsgroup
Sunday, October 14, 2007 4:32 PM
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Outlook 2002 /Word 2002 /Office XP / W98se
Perhaps they'll be an answer in this group instead of Outlook.General, where
this has sat - more or less - ignored, or in best case scenario, answered
ineffectively, more than two days ago. No return reply from this person
since then.
I don't mean to rile anyone with this "preface", but it's quite frustrating
to sit here and wait interminably.
N.B. - I waited for ~ 2 days before 'reposting' this question. I didn't
cross-post/multi-newsgroup post either.
I realize - and can plainly see - that the MS Outlook newsgroups are *filled
to the brim* with constant problems, but can't anyone Follow-up / Watch /
Flag any question they initially volunteer to reply to ? (even I know how to
do that)
If there's no follow-up, what's the point of initially "trying to help" ?
Thanks.
Roxana
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Again, I must ask, would you be so kind as to explain to me what, where and
how - precisely - I'm errant in my posts ?
Thanks for stepping in with your insight.
Roxana
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote in message
...
Common reasons why posts are not answered:
1. Posters omit Outlook version.
2. Posters omit clear description of problem, e.g., "Help, my Outlook will
not send!"
3. Posters use the subject line as the complete description.
4. Posters do not respond with requested information when asked by the
volunteers.
5. Posters p*ss off the volunteers by unnecessary usage of M$, Microsloth,
Microshills, Microsh*t, etc.
6. Posters begin by bashing the group/helpers/answers.
7. We all have personal lives that precludes hovering in these news groups
24/7.
Take your pick. Pay especial attention to number 6.
--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.
After furious head scratching, Roxana asked:
| For a *single solitary program* that - for some reason - seems to
| create a landslide of posts, this newsgroup is "understaffed", to say
| the very least. Many/most questions slip into the void...
| unaddressed. If there are any replies, one must wait until h***
| freezes over for a follow-up to the 'boiler-plate answer' which
| miraculously gets supplied.
|
| "I" have been around these MS newsgroups since ~2002 and never have I
| experienced a more unsatisfactory result that I see these days - anno
| 2007 - in *these Outlook newsgroups*.
|
| If this post only garners "brickbats", it's really of little ultimate
| consequence to me at this point. Replies have been meagre; 'answers'
| seem to be given with the minimum amount of care or effort; one asks
| a return question to the volunteer 'helper' and then must sit through
| two performances of "A season in h***", waiting and waiting for
| someone to return to the post.
|
| Meanwhile, one's post is literally buried under 80+ posts a day,
| which makes it most unlikely one will ever achieve any satisfactory
| resolution to *any* problem one might be experiencing with Outlook.
|
| Reminds me of a newsgroup post I saw several years back:
| "Useless site this is!"
| All kinds of problems and no damn solutions, what is the
| use of posting anything but a couple of jokes now and
| then?"
|
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...865e9436e2afba
|
| I happen to disagree with that poster regarding that particular
| newsgroup. In it's halcyon days, that newsgroup really cooked and was
| one heck of a great place. 10's of 10's of posts per day, if not
| more, and most were addressed - by multiple persons - with generally
| great enthusiasm and care and *expertise* (not some boilerplate /
| guessing game answer) which didn't stop until a solution was arrived
| at. That makes it quite *unlike* these Outlook newsgroups.
|
| Addressing those who've placed fingers to keyboard to help me, I
| thank you. However, - with some regret - I must sincerely say that
| said help has been less than satisfactory. On the other hand, I count
| my blessing... at least my post wasn't totally lost or *entirely*
| ignored. (Only partially ignored, and only 9 days in the making to
| conclusively realize that no *real* help will be forthcoming. lol)
|
| To those of you with problems with Outlook, I wish you well and
| advise thus: If you're in need of any help, I hope time isn't of the
| essence. This newsgroup is a place which cries out to the
| adventuresome: "Good luck... and be patient !" -- You'll need both !