HowTo-Outlook

The following hotfixes have been released for Outlook 2007 and apply to both Service Pack 2 and Service Pack 3 users;

Hotfix KB2596985 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix solves an issue where you cannot attach calendar information to an email message by using the “Send a Calendar via E-mail” feature in Outlook 2007.

This issue was introduced in hotfix KB2544404 (June 28, 2011) and is also included in subsequent hotfixes and the update KB2583910 (September 13, 2011)

View: Full details and download information for KB2596985

Hotfix KB2596993 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix contains 12 fixes for specific issues. Most notable fixes are;

• Several fixes for calendar, scheduling and reminder issues.
• Several fixes for searching issues with online mailboxes and online archives.
• When you open an Outlook Template (.oft) file that is saved in RTF in Outlook 2007, the .oft file is opened in HTML format.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2596993

Obtaining the hotfixes
These are Hotfixes and not a regular updates. You can request them via the KB article pages.

Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2010 is now available and brings the version number up to 14.02.0247.005

Aside from including all the updates up until Exchange 2010 SP1 Update Rollup 6, Service Pack 2 also contains various new functionalities which were announced previously such as;

• Outlook Web App (OWA) Mini
• Cross-Site Silent Redirection for Outlook Web App
• Hybrid Configuration Wizard
• Address Book Policies

Download: Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2
Download: Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Help
Download: Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 UM Language Packs
View: Release Notes for Exchange Server 2010 SP2
View: What’s New in Exchange Server 2010 SP2

If you have an e-mail account at AT&T such as domains ending with @att.net, @bellsouth.net or @sbcglobal.net, you might have been receiving repeated “Enter Network Password” prompts in Outlook (any version).

This could also happen in a mail client other than Outlook as it appears that there has been a recent change to their mail server configuration. To solve it, try the following;

1. Login to AT&T Webmail to make sure your password is still valid.
   In some rare cases, logging on to your Webmail once already fixes the issue.
2. Verify that you are using the latest AT&T server settings for your mail account in Outlook.
3. Make sure you are using the primary e-mail address that you have registered in the AT&T / Yahoo Member Center as your account’s “User Name” in Outlook.
4. If you still have issues now, use Yahoo’s mail server settings instead of AT&T’s.
   • POP3: pop.mail.yahoo.com
     • SSL: Enabled
     • Port: 465
   • SMTP: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
     • SSL: Enabled
     • Port: 995
     • Enable Authentication

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2010 and can be downloaded and installed manually, but is also being offered via Microsoft Update.

Update KB2553323 for Outlook 2010
This is a non-security update and has been described as “contains the latest stability and performance improvements” but no change log has been provided.

Looking at the versions of the included files, it contains all of the fixes of KB2544027 and KB2584053 and some of KB2596485. These were previously released as post-SP1 Hotfixes.

• KB2544027 released in July (23 fixes)
• KB2584053 released in August (22 fixes)
• KB2596485 released in October (10 fixes)

View: Download information for KB2596547

If you have Microsoft Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Microsoft Update or has already been updated automatically for you.