June Hotfixes for Outlook 2007

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A new Hotfix has been released for Outlook 2007 that solves 17 issues in total.

The most notable fix is for people who see new messages being delivered directly to the Deleted Items folder instead of the Inbox folder.

This hotfix also incorporates a design change; all files that are in Outlook’s SecureTemp folder are automatically deleted when Outlook closes. While this means that you no longer would get any errors after opening over 100 attachments with the same name, it also means you no longer have the option to rescue a modified attachment you accidentally saved to this folder. Therefore I’d really recommended to force Outlook to open all attachments as Read Only or to save an attachment to disk first if you intent to modify it.

For the full list of issues solved see KB983316

In addition to this language generic hotfix, 1 language specific hotfix has been released to solve an issue with the Italian spell checker in Outlook Web Access (OWA).
KB983308 : Update for the Italian proofing tools of Office 2007 (it-it).

Since these are hotfixes and not regular updates, you won’t be offered this update via Microsoft Update but will have to request it. You can do this at the information page of each hotfix.

If you are not (seriously) effected by any of these issues, it is recommended to wait for the next Service Pack or regular Rollup Update which will most likely contain all these fixes as well.


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iOS 4 and Exchange ActiveSync issues

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If you are using an iPad, iPhone or iPod with iOS 4 or are supporting an Exchange environment with users using those devices, then you might have been experiencing slow performance or sync not working at all. The same is true when using a 3rd party solution which also uses an ActiveSync implementation such as Google Apps.

The Exchange Team has released an overview of the issues that you can encounter and the needed fixes or the current status of (Apple) getting a fix out.


Show sender’s e-mail address as a column in the Message List

From Address buttonIn the Message List, Outlook only shows the Display Name of the person who has sent you the email. A request heard often is to also be able to set Outlook to show the e-mail address of the sender instead of just the name.

While there is no built-in support for this in Outlook, you can display the sender’s e-mail address as a column in the message list by using a custom form configuration file.

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Upgrading to Outlook 2010

Planning to upgrade to Outlook 2010? This guide contains a lot of preparation and other information to get yourself ready before you double click on that setup.exe file.

Aside from the preparation steps, this guide informs you about what to expect when you start Outlook 2010 for the first time after you upgraded and how to troubleshoot several issues you may encounter during or after the installation.

Furthermore, for those of you who need some transition time, you’ll find a Ribbon-Customization-file in this guide to make the Outlook interface look similar to the one found in Outlook 2007.

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