HowTo-Outlook

If you have an e-mail account at AT&T such as domains ending with @att.net, @bellsouth.net or @sbcglobal.net, you might have been receiving repeated “Enter Network Password” prompts in Outlook (any version).

This could also happen in a mail client other than Outlook as it appears that there has been a recent change to their mail server configuration. To solve it, try the following;

1. Login to AT&T Webmail to make sure your password is still valid.
   In some rare cases, logging on to your Webmail once already fixes the issue.
2. Verify that you are using the latest AT&T server settings for your mail account in Outlook.
3. Make sure you are using the primary e-mail address that you have registered in the AT&T / Yahoo Member Center as your account’s “User Name” in Outlook.
4. If you still have issues now, use Yahoo’s mail server settings instead of AT&T’s.
   • POP3: pop.mail.yahoo.com
     • SSL: Enabled
     • Port: 465
   • SMTP: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
     • SSL: Enabled
     • Port: 995
     • Enable Authentication

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2010 and can be downloaded and installed manually, but is also being offered via Microsoft Update.

Update KB2553323 for Outlook 2010
This is a non-security update and has been described as “contains the latest stability and performance improvements” but no change log has been provided.

Looking at the versions of the included files, it contains all of the fixes of KB2544027 and KB2584053 and some of KB2596485. These were previously released as post-SP1 Hotfixes.

• KB2544027 released in July (23 fixes)
• KB2584053 released in August (22 fixes)
• KB2596485 released in October (10 fixes)

View: Download information for KB2596547

If you have Microsoft Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Microsoft Update or has already been updated automatically for you.

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 is now available for direct download (see below for links). Expect it to become available via Microsoft Update on November 29.

It includes 29 new fixes. Some notable fixes are;

• KB2480474 Users do not receive quota warning messages after applying SP1 for Exchange 2010
• KB2535289 The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service crashes occasionally when you run an antivirus application on an Exchange Server 2010 Mailbox server
• KB2544246 You receive a NRN (Non-Read Notification) of a meeting request 120 days later after the recipient accepted the request in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment
• KB2559814 A user cannot add or remove delegates from a mailbox by using Outlook in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• Several fixes for environments that use Outlook in on-line mode instead of Cached Exchange Mode.

The next update rollup is scheduled for release for late November 2011.

Download: Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 6
View: Description of Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1

A cumulative daylight saving time (DST) update for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is available. This update implements DST changes that occurred in the following countries/time zone regions;

• Turkey Standard Time
• Egypt Standard Time
• Pacific SA Standard Time
• Morocco Standard Time
• Fiji Standard Time
• Samoa Standard Time

View: Full details and download information for KB2628229

Note: This is a Hotfix and not a regular update. You can request it via the KB article page itself.

The following hotfixes have been released for Outlook 2007 and apply to both Service Pack 2 and Service Pack 3 users;

Hotfix KB2596547 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix contains 5 fixes for specific issues. Most notable fixes are;

• S/MIME signed HTML messages could get converted to Plain Text upon sending.
• Calendar permissions for a user could get reset to “Free/Busy time” when adding that user as a delegate afterwards.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2596547

Hotfix KB2596577 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix solves an issue with the custom document property values not displaying in a document library when you save an email message from Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2596577

Obtaining the hotfixes
Since these are hotfixes and not regular updates, you won’t be offered this update via Microsoft Update but will have to request it. You can do this at the information page of each hotfix.

If you are not (seriously) effected by any of these issues, it is recommended to wait for the next Service Pack or regular Rollup Update which will most likely contain all these fixes as well.

For more information about hotfixes see; What are Hotfixes?

The third (and final) Service Pack of Office 2007 has just been released!

You can install it by using the standalone installer listed below or via Microsoft Update.

Service Pack 3 contains all previous updates and hotfixes and several previously unreleased updates. This also includes all Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 updates so you can directly apply Service Pack 3 in case you don’t have them installed yet.

After installing Service Pack 3, Help-> About Microsoft Outlook will show version number:
12.0.6607.1000

For instructions about how to create an installation DVD containing Office 2007 with Service Pack 3 slipstreamed into it see; Slipstream Office 2007 setup with SP3

View: Description of Office 2007 SP3

Download: Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Office 2007 (KB2526086)
Download: Service Pack 3 for Calendar Printing Assistant 2007 (KB2526294)
Download: Service Pack 3 for Office Language Pack 2007 (KB2526086)
Download: Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 – All Products and Packages
Download: Microsoft Service Pack Uninstall Tool for Microsoft Office 2007