Outlook Sync Problem

[bford7]

I was having a lot of the same problems as most on this thread with syncing my outlook 2003 calendar and iphone. Here is what I did to fix the problem:

1. I was checking the com addin box for Outlook Itunes sync addin and it kept unchecking itself. I solved this by going to Help...About Microsoft Outlook....disabled items....choose outlook itunes sync addin.

2. After enabling that com add-in, you can then go and check the box:
tools...options....other....advanced options....com add-ins...check the outlook itunes sync addin

3. After restarting outlook and itunes, i was still having problems syncing but the final fix was temporarily disabling my norton internet security.

It synced perfectly after that. I was even able to sync contacts (previously I was syncing contacts through the windows option instead of outlook)

Hope this helps everyone. I have been frustrated all day, but it looks as if that is over now!

[Glenn C]

Originally Posted by bford7

I was having a lot of the same problems as most on this thread with syncing my outlook 2003 calendar and iphone. Here is what I did to fix the problem:

1. I was checking the com addin box for Outlook Itunes sync addin and it kept unchecking itself. I solved this by going to Help...About Microsoft Outlook....disabled items....choose outlook itunes sync addin.

2. After enabling that com add-in, you can then go and check the box:
tools...options....other....advanced options....com add-ins...check the outlook itunes sync addin

3. After restarting outlook and itunes, i was still having problems syncing but the final fix was temporarily disabling my norton internet security.

It synced perfectly after that. I was even able to sync contacts (previously I was syncing contacts through the windows option instead of outlook)

Hope this helps everyone. I have been frustrated all day, but it looks as if that is over now!

Didn't work for me. All COM add-ins are fine. Tried turning them on/off, rebooting, etc. Nuthin'. Same with Antivirus. Turned it off, and pop up blocker too. Nuthin'.

Interesting. Deleted ALL calendar items and sync'd. No change in the iPhone at all! Then erased the iPhone. Restored from backup in the laptop and all of the original erroneous calendar items were reinstalled, NOT the correct ones showing in the outlook calendar. That MUST mean that the backup file is corrupted, and IT is not syncing with Outlook. The problem is seemingly in iTunes communication with Outlook, not in the iPhone firmware.

[jjjj1047]

I've tried every suggestion that posters, Apple, and Microsoft has suggested to sync my Outlook 2007 Calendar to my iPhone but nothing worked. Thanks to one dedicated Microsoft employee that would not let this issue die until it was solved, I FINALLY was able to sync my Outlook 2007 Calendar to my iPhone. It was so easy it's incredible. I hope that it works for others that are having the same problem Good luck.
Locate the scanpst.exe file on your PC, then click on it to execute the file.

Type the path and file name of the .pst files
Note: The .PST files are always located in the C:\Documents and Settings\<user account>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\
(<user account> is the name of your windows account, C: is the system partition where the Operation System locate.)
Click Start.
NOTE: Enable the box of " Make backup of scanned file before repairing " if the PST file need to repair.

Then try to sync the iPhone again. Hopefully this works for you as well as it worked for me.

[Glenn C]

Originally Posted by jjjj1047

I've tried every suggestion that posters, Apple, and Microsoft has suggested to sync my Outlook 2007 Calendar to my iPhone but nothing worked. Thanks to one dedicated Microsoft employee that would not let this issue die until it was solved, I FINALLY was able to sync my Outlook 2007 Calendar to my iPhone. It was so easy it's incredible. I hope that it works for others that are having the same problem Good luck.
Locate the scanpst.exe file on your PC, then click on it to execute the file.

Type the path and file name of the .pst files
Note: The .PST files are always located in the C:\Documents and Settings\<user account>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\
(<user account> is the name of your windows account, C: is the system partition where the Operation System locate.)
Click Start.
NOTE: Enable the box of " Make backup of scanned file before repairing " if the PST file need to repair.

Then try to sync the iPhone again. Hopefully this works for you as well as it worked for me.

Tried this workaround.
Thought we were onto something when scanpst.exe found errors in my outlook archive.
Performed a sync after correcting them, but to no avail.
While contacts appears to sync ok, calendar still will not sync.
New entries in either Outlook or iPhone calendars will not show up in the other device after an error free sync.
Still waiting on Apple.
Thank you for posting this potential solution.
I hope it will help others.

[dvwatkins]

Finally got my Outlook 2003 Calendar sync to work. I tried most of the ideas on this forum, but here is what finally worked for me...

I went into my Outlook Calendar and selected view by recurring appointment. I then went into every single one of my annual recurring events and made a small change (just added the type...either birthday or anniversary coding) and then closed them.

The next time I synced, it worked just fine.

So, as far as I can tell, other than the above, you need to make sure that you have reenabled the iTune addins if you disabled when outlook crashed. That is under the help: about microsoft office outlook: disabled items button. Make sure that both addins are checked under the tools: options: other: advanced options com add-ins button. I think that is all you need.

However, other stuff that I did that may have contributed to it all working now...I uninstalled all Palm Treo related software. And I reset my device twice. Also disabled MacAfee antivirus.

Thank you everyone who contributed potential solutions here.

[darita]

Originally Posted by jstemp33

i am getting a message of Load 25 more messages when viewing my inbox!!

Any thoughts?

I'm also getting that same message. Nothing else happens.

[totalsportsnut]

I hadn't been able to get Outlook 2000 to sync no matter what i tried. After the latest itunes update my iphone syncs Outlook contacts and calander without a problem. I sure wish this would've been the case from the git go. At least now it works.

[Glenn C]

Originally Posted by dvwatkins

Finally got my Outlook 2003 Calendar sync to work. I tried most of the ideas on this forum, but here is what finally worked for me...

I went into my Outlook Calendar and selected view by recurring appointment. I then went into every single one of my annual recurring events and made a small change (just added the type...either birthday or anniversary coding) and then closed them.

The next time I synced, it worked just fine.

So, as far as I can tell, other than the above, you need to make sure that you have reenabled the iTune addins if you disabled when outlook crashed. That is under the help: about microsoft office outlook: disabled items button. Make sure that both addins are checked under the tools: options: other: advanced options com add-ins button. I think that is all you need.

However, other stuff that I did that may have contributed to it all working now...I uninstalled all Palm Treo related software. And I reset my device twice. Also disabled MacAfee antivirus.

Thank you everyone who contributed potential solutions here.

Tried to "add the type" to my recurring appts and cannot see where to do so. Can you please explain the clicks to do this? I would like to try your solution on my system. Still not able to sync Outlook 2003 with iPhone.

[dvwatkins]

Originally Posted by Glenn C

Tried to "add the type" to my recurring appts and cannot see where to do so. Can you please explain the clicks to do this? I would like to try your solution on my system. Still not able to sync Outlook 2003 with iPhone.

I think I can get you there, and sorry for not being more clear the first time...

From your normal calendar view:

Select View: Arrange By: Current View: Recurring Appointments

[At this point, I have a view that is grouped by Daily, Monthly, and Yearly recurrence patterns]

Open each item by double clicking on the icon. [Then, I think you can change anything, but I just selected a label.] Select the drop down next to Label and click the type of label that is appropriate for your recurring event (i.e. Birthday, Anniversary, etc).

[Editorial - I only changed my Yearly recurring items, but you may need to change all of them. I only changed the yearly ones because the daily and monthly recurring items that I had were all very old. I think that the interface with the iPhone had a problem with the format of the recurring items...maybe from a previous version of Outlook. So, when I changed the label and closed the item, Outlook resaved in the correct format].

[dvwatkins]

Originally Posted by darita

I'm also getting that same message. Nothing else happens.

Perhaps I don't understand your issue, but have you gone to mail settings [in your iPhone] and changed the value under Messages: Show: 25 Recent Messages?

You can set that value up to 200.