Outlook Connector and Calendars Synch?

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Sometime over the weekend I noticed in status bar area in Outlook 2007 an

exclamation point. I clicked on it for a detailed report and it indicated

there was an error connecting to Windows Live Calendar. I thought it was some

type of server error that would soon clear up. Well it never did. So I

started investigating today and stumbled across this in Outlook Help:

"Calendar synchronization with Outlook is a paid subscription-only feature.

When you subscribe to Windows Live Hotmail, you get to synchronize notes and

tasks as well as your calendar. If you are using the Outlook Connector with a

free Windows Live Hotmail account, you will see an alert on the Outlook

Connector toolbar."

Is this something new? I've had my free Live Hotmail account since 12/08 and

Office 2007 with Outlook Connector since 02/09 and have been able to synch

calendars just fine until this past weekend. The subscription is only 19.95

per year. I'm considering getting it just to make that dreaded exclamation

point go away! Perhaps that's what Microsoft had in mind--to make it so

annoying that we felt compelled to pay to get rid of it.

Thanks,

David
 
No, the current connector (v. 12.0.6423.1000) works with free accts too, but

it's a little buggy. It's a forced download so you should have it. They

were working on the calendar server and its possible they broke something -

try restarting outlook or rebooting. You may need to remove the acct and

readd it.

"dtgVA" <dtgVA> wrote in message

news:55CF6F73-E523-4AA3-9D75-0A39E496D121@microsoft.com...
> Sometime over the weekend I noticed in status bar area in Outlook 2007 an
> exclamation point. I clicked on it for a detailed report and it indicated
> there was an error connecting to Windows Live Calendar. I thought it was
> some
> type of server error that would soon clear up. Well it never did. So I
> started investigating today and stumbled across this in Outlook Help:

> "Calendar synchronization with Outlook is a paid subscription-only
> feature.
> When you subscribe to Windows Live Hotmail, you get to synchronize notes
> and
> tasks as well as your calendar. If you are using the Outlook Connector
> with a
> free Windows Live Hotmail account, you will see an alert on the Outlook
> Connector toolbar."

> Is this something new? I've had my free Live Hotmail account since 12/08
> and
> Office 2007 with Outlook Connector since 02/09 and have been able to synch
> calendars just fine until this past weekend. The subscription is only
> 19.95
> per year. I'm considering getting it just to make that dreaded exclamation
> point go away! Perhaps that's what Microsoft had in mind--to make it so
> annoying that we felt compelled to pay to get rid of it.

> Thanks,
> David
 
Thanks for your reply. I took your advice and removed/re-added my hotmail

account. The caledar sync worked for about an hour then the error reoccured.

So it's probably a server issue.

I understand Office 2007 Service Pack 2 is suppose to be released today

(4/28/09). Maybe that has something to do with the recent quirks.

Thanks again,

David

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:


> No, the current connector (v. 12.0.6423.1000) works with free accts too, but
> it's a little buggy. It's a forced download so you should have it. They
> were working on the calendar server and its possible they broke something -
> try restarting outlook or rebooting. You may need to remove the acct and
> readd it.

> >

>

>

> "dtgVA" <dtgVA> wrote in message
> news:55CF6F73-E523-4AA3-9D75-0A39E496D121@microsoft.com...
> > Sometime over the weekend I noticed in status bar area in Outlook 2007 an
> > exclamation point. I clicked on it for a detailed report and it indicated
> > there was an error connecting to Windows Live Calendar. I thought it was
> > some
> > type of server error that would soon clear up. Well it never did. So I
> > started investigating today and stumbled across this in Outlook Help:
> > "Calendar synchronization with Outlook is a paid subscription-only
> > feature.
> > When you subscribe to Windows Live Hotmail, you get to synchronize notes
> > and
> > tasks as well as your calendar. If you are using the Outlook Connector
> > with a
> > free Windows Live Hotmail account, you will see an alert on the Outlook
> > Connector toolbar."
> > Is this something new? I've had my free Live Hotmail account since 12/08
> > and
> > Office 2007 with Outlook Connector since 02/09 and have been able to synch
> > calendars just fine until this past weekend. The subscription is only
> > 19.95
> > per year. I'm considering getting it just to make that dreaded exclamation
> > point go away! Perhaps that's what Microsoft had in mind--to make it so
> > annoying that we felt compelled to pay to get rid of it.
> > Thanks,
> > David


>
 
I don't think sp2 if affecting it (its available now) but I do know they

were/are doing updates to the calendar server. I don't know if they are

finished yet.

"dtgVA" <dtgVA> wrote in message

news:B68E51B6-F67C-4971-9E66-DED7E5B881FA@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your reply. I took your advice and removed/re-added my hotmail
> account. The caledar sync worked for about an hour then the error
> reoccured.
> So it's probably a server issue.

> I understand Office 2007 Service Pack 2 is suppose to be released today
> (4/28/09). Maybe that has something to do with the recent quirks.

> Thanks again,
> David

> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > No, the current connector (v. 12.0.6423.1000) works with free accts too,
> > but
> > itâ?Ts a little buggy. It's a forced download so you should have it.
> > They
> > were working on the calendar server and its possible they broke
> > something -
> > try restarting outlook or rebooting. You may need to remove the acct and
> > readd it.
>

>> > >

>

>
>
>>

>

>>

>

>> or point
> > your
>

>
>> "dtgVA" <dtgVA> wrote in message
> > news:55CF6F73-E523-4AA3-9D75-0A39E496D121@microsoft.com...
> > > Sometime over the weekend I noticed in status bar area in Outlook 2007
> > > an
> > > exclamation point. I clicked on it for a detailed report and it
> > > indicated
> > > there was an error connecting to Windows Live Calendar. I thought it
> > > was
> > > some
> > > type of server error that would soon clear up. Well it never did. So I
> > > started investigating today and stumbled across this in Outlook Help:
> >> > "Calendar synchronization with Outlook is a paid subscription-only
> > > feature.
> > > When you subscribe to Windows Live Hotmail, you get to synchronize
> > > notes
> > > and
> > > tasks as well as your calendar. If you are using the Outlook Connector
> > > with a
> > > free Windows Live Hotmail account, you will see an alert on the Outlook
> > > Connector toolbar."
> >> > Is this something new? I've had my free Live Hotmail account since
> > > 12/08
> > > and
> > > Office 2007 with Outlook Connector since 02/09 and have been able to
> > > synch
> > > calendars just fine until this past weekend. The subscription is only
> > > 19.95
> > > per year. I'm considering getting it just to make that dreaded
> > > exclamation
> > > point go away! Perhaps that's what Microsoft had in mind--to make it so
> > > annoying that we felt compelled to pay to get rid of it.
> >> > Thanks,
> > > David

>

>>
 
I failed to mention that along with the calendar sync problem, Outlook has

suddenly started checking for new mail every minute. The settings indicate

that it should be checking every 30 minutes. Could this too be due to a

server issue? (BTW, Windows Update has just installed Office 2007 SP2 and as

you thought these issues were not affected by the update.)

David

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:


> I don't think sp2 if affecting it (its available now) but I do know they
> were/are doing updates to the calendar server. I don't know if they are
> finished yet.

> >

> > >

> > >

> "dtgVA" <dtgVA> wrote in message
> news:B68E51B6-F67C-4971-9E66-DED7E5B881FA@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for your reply. I took your advice and removed/re-added my hotmail
> > account. The caledar sync worked for about an hour then the error
> > reoccured.
> > So it's probably a server issue.
> > I understand Office 2007 Service Pack 2 is suppose to be released today
> > (4/28/09). Maybe that has something to do with the recent quirks.
> > Thanks again,
> > David
> > "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> No, the current connector (v. 12.0.6423.1000) works with free accts too,
> >> but
> >> itâ?Ts a little buggy. It's a forced download so you should have it.
> >> They
> >> were working on the calendar server and its possible they broke
> >> something -
> >> try restarting outlook or rebooting. You may need to remove the acct and
> >> readd it.
> >
> >> > >>

> >
> >
> >
> >>

> > >
> >>

> > >
> > >> or point
> >> your
> > >
> >
> >> "dtgVA" <dtgVA> wrote in message
> >> news:55CF6F73-E523-4AA3-9D75-0A39E496D121@microsoft.com...
> >> > Sometime over the weekend I noticed in status bar area in Outlook 2007
> >> > an
> >> > exclamation point. I clicked on it for a detailed report and it
> >> > indicated
> >> > there was an error connecting to Windows Live Calendar. I thought it
> >> > was
> >> > some
> >> > type of server error that would soon clear up. Well it never did. So I
> >> > started investigating today and stumbled across this in Outlook Help:
> >> >> > "Calendar synchronization with Outlook is a paid subscription-only
> >> > feature.
> >> > When you subscribe to Windows Live Hotmail, you get to synchronize
> >> > notes
> >> > and
> >> > tasks as well as your calendar. If you are using the Outlook Connector
> >> > with a
> >> > free Windows Live Hotmail account, you will see an alert on the Outlook
> >> > Connector toolbar."
> >> >> > Is this something new? I've had my free Live Hotmail account since
> >> > 12/08
> >> > and
> >> > Office 2007 with Outlook Connector since 02/09 and have been able to
> >> > synch
> >> > calendars just fine until this past weekend. The subscription is only
> >> > 19.95
> >> > per year. I'm considering getting it just to make that dreaded
> >> > exclamation
> >> > point go away! Perhaps that's what Microsoft had in mind--to make it so
> >> > annoying that we felt compelled to pay to get rid of it.
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> > David
> >
> >>

>
 
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