Outlook 2007 + BCM & SP2 - windows7 ?

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DaveG

I have several friends who have "upgraded" if that is the term to
windows 7 and they really rate it.

Would I regain my BCM functionality if I went and installed W7? Anyone know
or care to hazzard a guess?
 
"regain my BCM functionality" might be construed that BCM is not currently
working

Win7 is currentlty a release candidate, when the final retail version is
released for sale it will probably require a clean installation, therefore
requiring you to install all apps again
 
Hi DL

You are 100% on the button, my BCM is not working due to the update SP2 - I
am suffering the "not enough memory" syndrome so have had to remove BCM as I
could not remove the SP2 update.

As I said - I have several friends using win7 and they say it is a fantastic
upgrade from vista - BUT they have not used it in conjunction with outlook
2007 with BCM.

Dave
 
Hi DL

You are 100% on the button, my BCM is not working due to the update SP2 -I
am suffering the "not enough memory" syndrome so have had to remove BCM as I
could not remove the SP2 update.

As I said - I have several friends using win7 and they say it is a fantastic
upgrade from vista - BUT they have not used it in conjunction with outlook
2007 with BCM.

Dave







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I heard other Outlook users, who don't use BCM, also running into the
out of memory message with SP2.

I also read a blog were they got rid of that message by removing some
other add-in.

Also, regarding win7, I heard Sql requires a new SP to work properly
with win7, but I didn't run into any issues when I tried it.
 
Thanks, would love to know the name of the addin removed that resolved this.

I loaded the release of updates this week including an outlook update -
re-tried bcm again and still no joy.
 
Dave,

I too have been experiencing "Out of Memory" (OOM) errors with Outlook 2007
BCM. Per your posting, unfortunately Windows 7 does not fix the problem.
Let me elaborate...

Originally installed on Windows XP with 2GB RAM, I began experiencing the
OOM errors shortly after Office SP2 was applied. Not making the connection
with SP2 however, I instead added more memory (4 GB RAM total) - to no avail.
As a Microsoft Partner having access to all of the software, I then thought
I would give Vista-32 a try - again to no avail. Adding an additional 4GB
RAM (8 GB RAM total), I now tried Vista-64 - same problem. Lastly, I
installed Windows 7 RC (64-bit) which is where I am today. The good news is
that Win7 seems to be a big improvement over Vista (much faster and slightly
more refined). The bad news is that I still have the OOM problem...

In addition to the above changes, I have also tried the following (to no
avail, either singularly or in total):

- Removed all non-BCM addins
- Flattened-out my mail store folder structure as much as possible
- Pruned my mail stores down to only two running concurrently (primary is
server-based and ~235MB; the other is a PST-based archive ~945MB)

What I have learned:

- If I run BCM with either my primary store by itself or my archive store by
itself - everything works. The instant I try running both simultaneously,
the OOM errors appear.
- The quantity and depth of Outlook folder structures appears to be at the
heart of the OOM problem - at least for me. As a test, I created two test
mail stores (one server-based, one PST-based) and into each, I imported all
my respective mail but with the folders completely removed (I instead relied
on tags/categories to search for mail). With this approach, voila! - the OOM
problem went away! Unfortunately, I'm not sure that I can live with a
completely folderless approach as my engineering-reinforced, OCD-like nature
mandates that there being some level of rudimentary navigational structure to
my mail!

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Lloyd C.
 
Hi Lloyd
Real shame, it appears you tried everything.
I have Outlook stable right now - but can't install OBM - or I will get OOM
message.
I am disappointed win 7 didn't solve it.

I am now investigating a mac through a friend of mine. I believe he can help
me with a database that helps me maintain my mail, contacts and docs -
basically crm - so I don't have to put up with OBM tagged onto Outlook like a
mold growth.

Thanks Lloyd.

Dave
 
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