Same .pst Files Looks Different on other PC

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René

Hello,

I have a weird problem. I have a small network at home with 1 desktop and 1
(wireless) laptop. I have installed MS Office XP on both computer including
all the servicepacks and updates (both Outlook version numbers 10.4712.4219
SP-2). I share my document folder which is on the desktop, so I can access
it through the laptop. When I open the .pst file on my laptop, Outlook
handles the full-day appointments differently. It moves them up one hour,
i.e. makes the appointments start at 23.00 hours the night before (and then
they last till 23.00 hours on the right day). When I double-click the
appointment the time really has changed to 23.00 hours. Now all my 1-day
event become 2-day events with the clocks shown in the calendar view. This
does not happen when I open the same file (not a copy, but the same one!) on
my desktop. There they show up like they're supposed to, lasting one day,
from midnight to midnight. Can anyone please explain to me why this happens,
or, even better, tell me how to solve this???

Thanks very much in advance.

Regards,

René
 
You have a setting different on your laptop. Check Tools>Options>Calendar
options in both machines and see what's different. Check (under calendar
options) the time zone and the adjust for daylight savings settings on both
machines.
 
Conrad Pfleging said:
You have a setting different on your laptop. Check Tools>Options>Calendar
options in both machines and see what's different. Check (under calendar
options) the time zone and the adjust for daylight savings settings on both
machines.
Click to expand...

Hi Conrad,

You were exactly right. While in Windows Control Panel the setting was the
same on both computers, in Outlook the daylight savings setting was enabled
on my desktop, but not on the laptop. I'm sure I've never touched this
setting in Outlook before (didn't even know it was there), so it still
puzzles me why it was turned on by default by the installation on my
desktop, but not on the laptop.

Anyway, I don't think I'll loose any sleep over it; I'm just happy my
problem was solved so quickly :-)

Thanks very much for the help.

René
 
YW, I for one have never been able to understand why MS has those settings
in 2 different places. It just causes lots of confusion.
 
Because not everyone will use Outlook, but everyone will use the Operating
System.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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| YW, I for one have never been able to understand why MS has those settings
| in 2 different places. It just causes lots of confusion.
|
| > "Conrad Pfleging" <[email protected]> schreef in bericht
| > | > > You have a setting different on your laptop. Check
| Tools>Options>Calendar
| > > options in both machines and see what's different. Check (under
| calendar
| > > options) the time zone and the adjust for daylight savings settings on
| > both
| > > machines.
| >
| > Hi Conrad,
| >
| > You were exactly right. While in Windows Control Panel the setting was
the
| > same on both computers, in Outlook the daylight savings setting was
| enabled
| > on my desktop, but not on the laptop. I'm sure I've never touched this
| > setting in Outlook before (didn't even know it was there), so it still
| > puzzles me why it was turned on by default by the installation on my
| > desktop, but not on the laptop.
| >
| > Anyway, I don't think I'll loose any sleep over it; I'm just happy my
| > problem was solved so quickly :-)
| >
| > Thanks very much for the help.
| >
| > René
| >
| >
|
|
 
Milly Staples said:
Because not everyone will use Outlook, but everyone will use the Operating
System.
Click to expand...

So having that setting in the OS should be sufficient...

René
 
So why not use the Operating System settings, rather than
having another setting in Outlook? It seems like this is
just redundant.

Roy A. Kelly II
Windows Support Technician
 
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