Desktop Software for PC

[sdgardne]

Everyone is free to choose what they desire to choose. No platform anywhere is truly "perfect". Each must weigh their own personal needs and desires, learn about the various alternatives, and then choose the one that best meets what they desire. There is no fault in that whatsoever. Indeed, I believe that it's exactly why there is a plethora of choices in our technology world...the diversity of the human species mandates a huge amount of choice!

Good luck with whatever decisions you make.

[Peter_Jones]

Thanks to all, especially "Guru III". I have been able to download and sync an earlier version of the Desktop Manager. It's not perfect as my old one used to sync with my live.co.uk folder and I've had to create a Personal Folder, which works well if a little inconvenient.

On an adjacent note, we who are not as well versed as some when stuff goes wrong should be truly grateful to those who are prepared to guide us in forums like us. If you think of the possible combinations of kit and software, then it's a miracle that we are able to solve any of these problems. THANKS!!

[slh1078]

OK this did finally work. You do have to follow ALL of the steps exactly as listed. And definitely use a registry cleaner and re-boot frequently. A lot of work!!! (As in several hours with false starts from not following instructions exactly.) All to solve a problem that RIM created (and yes I know you are not a RIM employee.) Would like to give them a piece of my mind...any suggesstions?

[slh1078]

Actually just a word of caution...backing up is critical as the process did wipe out my calendar. Fortunately I was able to restore...we'll see whether it synchs properly going forward...

[slh1078]

**WARNING** today I found that several issues had been created in MS Office that I can only attribute to having done this process since everything was working before. The Help button is now disabled in all programs (click and nothing happens). When I try to use an add-in for PPT that creates SCORM content I am blocked from doing so.

I think it's BYE BYE Blackberry...I can't deal with this!

[sdgardne]

Wow! Given that only one (optional) thing in there actually touches Outlook, your result is quite astounding indeed! I've done this exact process more than once, with no result like that at all. I don't, though, use the add-in you discuss, so have no comparison there.

Good luck!

[slh1078]

Oh, and the Search function in Outlook doesn't work...

[slh1078]

Thank you for reading and replying!  You really do great work.  I'm just so frustrated that my life has been turned upside down by a technical issue.  Since I'm self-employed I really don't have the time to deal with any of this.

Thanks for listening...

[sdgardne]

Thanks, I appreciate it. I fully understand about being self-employed as well...I am the same, with the profit margins over the last several months being negative.

[slh1078]

Good luck getting back to black!
BTW what was that one optional setting? Maybe that's where I need to start.