The drop down boxes in outlook no longer allow me to use the curser to select
a time or date when adding or ammending an appointment. When I move the
curser away from the down arrow to select a time or date in the drop down box
the drop down disappears. With the drop down box showing to select a start
or finish time I can still change the appointment time by using the mouse
scroll wheel. The dropdown calendar box doesn't work at all. I have to
manually type in a new date into the date box.

The problem occurred in Office 2003 running on Windows XP Professional.
Since then I have run the Office repair tool from the program, the repair
tool from the program disk and upgraded to Office Enterprise 2007 - all to no
avail in fixing the problem. The only other change made to my computer
recently was the installation of a full version of System Mechanic 7 but I
don't know whether the problem started before or after this installation.

are you using a popup blocker?

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"BNI Bird" wrote in message
...
The drop down boxes in outlook no longer allow me to use the curser to
select
a time or date when adding or ammending an appointment. When I move the
curser away from the down arrow to select a time or date in the drop down
box
the drop down disappears. With the drop down box showing to select a
start
or finish time I can still change the appointment time by using the mouse
scroll wheel. The dropdown calendar box doesn't work at all. I have to
manually type in a new date into the date box.

The problem occurred in Office 2003 running on Windows XP Professional.
Since then I have run the Office repair tool from the program, the repair
tool from the program disk and upgraded to Office Enterprise 2007 - all to
no
avail in fixing the problem. The only other change made to my computer
recently was the installation of a full version of System Mechanic 7 but I
don't know whether the problem started before or after this installation.

Hi Diane and thanks for replying. I am using a popup blocker and have done
so for a long time. The settings for the blocker had not been changed and
and calendar was previously working fine with the blocker in place. I have
just tried disabling the blocker but that made no difference to the problem.
All other drop down boxes that I have tried both in Outlook and other
programs appear to be working.

"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

are you using a popup blocker?

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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"BNI Bird" wrote in message
...
The drop down boxes in outlook no longer allow me to use the curser to
select
a time or date when adding or ammending an appointment. When I move the
curser away from the down arrow to select a time or date in the drop down
box
the drop down disappears. With the drop down box showing to select a
start
or finish time I can still change the appointment time by using the mouse
scroll wheel. The dropdown calendar box doesn't work at all. I have to
manually type in a new date into the date box.

The problem occurred in Office 2003 running on Windows XP Professional.
Since then I have run the Office repair tool from the program, the repair
tool from the program disk and upgraded to Office Enterprise 2007 - all to
no
avail in fixing the problem. The only other change made to my computer
recently was the installation of a full version of System Mechanic 7 but I
don't know whether the problem started before or after this installation.

BNI Bird wrote:

The drop down boxes in outlook no longer allow me to use the curser
to select a time or date when adding or ammending an appointment.
When I move the curser away from the down arrow to select a time or
date in the drop down box the drop down disappears. With the drop
down box showing to select a start or finish time I can still change
the appointment time by using the mouse scroll wheel. The dropdown
calendar box doesn't work at all. I have to manually type in a new
date into the date box.

The problem occurred in Office 2003 running on Windows XP
Professional. Since then I have run the Office repair tool from the
program, the repair tool from the program disk and upgraded to Office
Enterprise 2007 - all to no avail in fixing the problem. The only
other change made to my computer recently was the installation of a
full version of System Mechanic 7 but I don't know whether the
problem started before or after this installation.

Sounds like you have the "X Mouse" feature enabled. See this:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring/browse_thread/thread/cc80e402b57b8d9c/120738eac5a3de43?lnk=st&q=group%3Amicrosoft.public .outlook.*+%2Btillman+%2B%22x+mouse%22#120738eac5a 3de43
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Hi Brian

Thanks for your input. I have checked through your suggestions and the link
you included but to no avail. I am not using Tweak UI and my regedit
settings are already what you suggested.

Do you have any other suggestions or do you know how I might connect with
wayne from the other discussion as he had the same problem problem and I am
wondering if he managed to find a solution.


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

BNI Bird wrote:

The drop down boxes in outlook no longer allow me to use the curser
to select a time or date when adding or ammending an appointment.
When I move the curser away from the down arrow to select a time or
date in the drop down box the drop down disappears. With the drop
down box showing to select a start or finish time I can still change
the appointment time by using the mouse scroll wheel. The dropdown
calendar box doesn't work at all. I have to manually type in a new
date into the date box.

The problem occurred in Office 2003 running on Windows XP
Professional. Since then I have run the Office repair tool from the
program, the repair tool from the program disk and upgraded to Office
Enterprise 2007 - all to no avail in fixing the problem. The only
other change made to my computer recently was the installation of a
full version of System Mechanic 7 but I don't know whether the
problem started before or after this installation.

Sounds like you have the "X Mouse" feature enabled. See this:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring/browse_thread/thread/cc80e402b57b8d9c/120738eac5a3de43?lnk=st&q=group%3Amicrosoft.public .outlook.*+%2Btillman+%2B%22x+mouse%22#120738eac5a 3de43
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

BNI Bird wrote:

Thanks for your input. I have checked through your suggestions and
the link you included but to no avail. I am not using Tweak UI and
my regedit settings are already what you suggested.

I would suggest installing TweakUI if you're using Windows XP.

Do you have any other suggestions or do you know how I might connect
with wayne from the other discussion as he had the same problem
problem and I am wondering if he managed to find a solution.

Google Groups will allow you to post as well as read. You'll need a Google
account, though.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]