Comments on: Outlook 2007 Gets Big Performance Update

By: Corey Gilmore

Corey Gilmore — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:17:15 +0000

This isn’t going to be pushed out through Windows Update anytime soon, the only way you’ll get it is as a hotfix, or if your company decides to push it out using WSUS.

It will be pushed out as part of Office/Outlook 2007 SP2.

By: EdH

EdH — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:00:02 +0000

Boca, consider cancelling OneCare. MS has already cancelled it. They will provide updates for a while longer, maybe another 12-18 months, but it isn’t a priority for them anymore. I removed it from my home LAN and bought a 5 pack of AVG Antivirus.

By: Boca

Boca — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:00:00 +0000

Well like a Muppet I went and applied the upgrades… Now Windows OneCare fails to start and will not open.

Coincidence perhaps?

Anyway… could not even uninstall OneCare via the control panel, and had to download a special tool to do so. Most frustrating.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:16:10 +0000

Scott, taking notes in ink that were searchable was a major part of that work so the answer is yes. I was using other things in my home office but Outlook/ OneNote on the Tablet were my lifeblood.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:57:22 +0000

James:

If you had not given up your consulting work, do you think you would still be a full time tablet pc/Outlook user?

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:06:14 +0000

As James mentioned, the updates are now going to be rolled out via Windows Update so there’s no need to download the hotfixes or click on buttons (assuming that you have WU set to download and apply patches automatically).

By: Confused

Confused — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:40:26 +0000

Agreed.

Where do they hide the instructions of how to update programs.

Most other software companies provide a single button to click to download and install updates.
Given that 99.5% of users are not associated with an IT department, some plain instructions for the rest of us lusers would be apprectiated Microsoft!

By: EdH

EdH — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:00:33 +0000

That is the most confusing article. I saw it a few weeks ago and passed. First of all, they are described as “hotfixes” which has its on connotation. Second, there are two different ones:

To download the updates for Outlook, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

961752 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961752/ ) Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Outlook.msp): February 24, 2009

For full Outlook functionality, you can install the Cumulative Update package that is associated with the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
967688 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967688/ ) Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package (Outlook-en-us.msp): February 24, 2009

Do I want the one for Outlook, or the one with full outlook functionality?

Confused, and sitting here with underperforming OL2007 on Vista.