A Microsoft Outlook email forum. Outlook Banter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » Outlook Banter forum » Microsoft Outlook Email Newsgroups » Outlook - Using Contacts
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Loss of data in my address book



 
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old August 18th 08, 09:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Halmahera
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2
Default Loss of data in my address book

Hi MMk,
I just had a similar "event". When i opened outlook I watched all my
addresses Disappear. I figured virus, even though Norton says my computer is
OK. I have the same version of outlook.
I deleted all of microsoft office suites and then reloaded. I tried to
repopulate outlook from my palm pilot only to have all my data in there
disappear too!!!!!

"mmk" wrote:

I have a similar problem. My version of Outlook Contacts is Microsoft Office
Outlook 2003 (11.6359.6408) SP1. Anyway, I have my addresses, etc., in the
Contacts folder. I can find some of my contacts and not others. Though
we've asked it to sort alphabetically by last name, sometimes it does and
sometimes it doesn't. I was looking at one contact this morning that was
"filed" correctly. I changed the e-mail address and told it to Save and
Close. It did. Then, just for the heck of it, I looked under the first
initial of the last name--the place where the Contact had always been stored
and found. It was no longer there! I haven't been able to find it yet, but
I'm sure that "Save and Close" does not mean "Save and Destroy." So what did
Outlook do with it? My husband is as confused as I am about how Outlook
saves some things correctly but not others. YIKES! Hopefully, it did not
erase what I told it to Save--it has to be there somewhere; I just don't know
where quite yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

"callen97538" wrote:

I have had two occassions when my Address Book "went back to the past". That
is, new email addresses disappeared and were replaced with older addresses
for that contact.

Does anyone know what is happening and how to correct it?

Ads
  #2  
Old August 19th 08, 01:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Diane Poremsky [MVP]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 12,991
Default Loss of data in my address book

Um. I think it was the palm that did it. It's fairly common - if the sync
settings aren't right, the device will delete things

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"Halmahera" wrote in message
...
Hi MMk,
I just had a similar "event". When i opened outlook I watched all my
addresses Disappear. I figured virus, even though Norton says my computer
is
OK. I have the same version of outlook.
I deleted all of microsoft office suites and then reloaded. I tried to
repopulate outlook from my palm pilot only to have all my data in there
disappear too!!!!!

"mmk" wrote:

I have a similar problem. My version of Outlook Contacts is Microsoft
Office
Outlook 2003 (11.6359.6408) SP1. Anyway, I have my addresses, etc., in
the
Contacts folder. I can find some of my contacts and not others. Though
we've asked it to sort alphabetically by last name, sometimes it does and
sometimes it doesn't. I was looking at one contact this morning that was
"filed" correctly. I changed the e-mail address and told it to Save and
Close. It did. Then, just for the heck of it, I looked under the first
initial of the last name--the place where the Contact had always been
stored
and found. It was no longer there! I haven't been able to find it yet,
but
I'm sure that "Save and Close" does not mean "Save and Destroy." So what
did
Outlook do with it? My husband is as confused as I am about how Outlook
saves some things correctly but not others. YIKES! Hopefully, it did
not
erase what I told it to Save--it has to be there somewhere; I just don't
know
where quite yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

"callen97538" wrote:

I have had two occassions when my Address Book "went back to the past".
That
is, new email addresses disappeared and were replaced with older
addresses
for that contact.

Does anyone know what is happening and how to correct it?


  #3  
Old August 19th 08, 06:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Halmahera
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2
Default Loss of data in my address book

HI Dianne,
I don't follow? Data was already gone from Outlook files before the sync.
I had a back up of all data in Palm pilot and tried to upload it into new
virgin outlook that I just reloaded when the palm crashed?
Tom

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Um. I think it was the palm that did it. It's fairly common - if the sync
settings aren't right, the device will delete things

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"Halmahera" wrote in message
...
Hi MMk,
I just had a similar "event". When i opened outlook I watched all my
addresses Disappear. I figured virus, even though Norton says my computer
is
OK. I have the same version of outlook.
I deleted all of microsoft office suites and then reloaded. I tried to
repopulate outlook from my palm pilot only to have all my data in there
disappear too!!!!!

"mmk" wrote:

I have a similar problem. My version of Outlook Contacts is Microsoft
Office
Outlook 2003 (11.6359.6408) SP1. Anyway, I have my addresses, etc., in
the
Contacts folder. I can find some of my contacts and not others. Though
we've asked it to sort alphabetically by last name, sometimes it does and
sometimes it doesn't. I was looking at one contact this morning that was
"filed" correctly. I changed the e-mail address and told it to Save and
Close. It did. Then, just for the heck of it, I looked under the first
initial of the last name--the place where the Contact had always been
stored
and found. It was no longer there! I haven't been able to find it yet,
but
I'm sure that "Save and Close" does not mean "Save and Destroy." So what
did
Outlook do with it? My husband is as confused as I am about how Outlook
saves some things correctly but not others. YIKES! Hopefully, it did
not
erase what I told it to Save--it has to be there somewhere; I just don't
know
where quite yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

"callen97538" wrote:

I have had two occassions when my Address Book "went back to the past".
That
is, new email addresses disappeared and were replaced with older
addresses
for that contact.

Does anyone know what is happening and how to correct it?



 




Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Loss of Recurring Data Settings after using USB Transfer Cable BeBe Outlook - Calandaring 9 August 12th 08 01:43 PM
Outlook 2003 data loss Hedge Outlook - Using Contacts 1 April 17th 07 09:54 PM
How to disable LOCAL outlook address book and store all data on Se jinshuang Outlook - Using Contacts 3 December 22nd 06 02:30 AM
Can Outlook Address Book be an Excel Data Source Jim Walsh Outlook - Using Contacts 3 December 4th 06 09:29 PM
Backup your Outlook calendar, address book, notes, tasks...etc online, synchronize it across several locations, and get web access to all these data! [email protected] Outlook - Calandaring 1 April 14th 06 06:31 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:36 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 2.4.0
Copyright ©2004-2025 Outlook Banter.
The comments are property of their posters.