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From: carina on 30 Mar 2010 10:00
I have Outlook 2007. My manager has Outlook 2003. We share calendars
through a product called WorkgroupShare by Softalk Ltd. I am receiving
reminders from his calendar flashing intermittently on my screen and a lot of
them appear to be blank. They don't stay on the screen; they momentarily
flash then disappear. The appointments do not appear in my calendar; I
cannot even see them in his calendar. Softalk claim it is an Outlook 2007
problem. We were considering upgrading some of our users to Outlook 2007
this year (at the moment I am the only one using it) but we would still have
a mixture of 2007 & 2003. However if this problem cannot be rectified then
we cannot upgrade. Does anybody know of a solution to this; I don't want to
turn reminders off as I still want to see my reminders - I just don't want to
see his.
From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 30 Mar 2010 11:01
"carina" <carina(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01B3C1B1-0024-4ABA-A64C-D60987995607(a)microsoft.com...

>I have Outlook 2007. My manager has Outlook 2003. We share calendars
> through a product called WorkgroupShare by Softalk Ltd. I am receiving
> reminders from his calendar flashing intermittently on my screen and a lot
> of
> them appear to be blank. They don't stay on the screen; they momentarily
> flash then disappear. The appointments do not appear in my calendar; I
> cannot even see them in his calendar. Softalk claim it is an Outlook 2007
> problem. We were considering upgrading some of our users to Outlook 2007
> this year (at the moment I am the only one using it) but we would still have
> a mixture of 2007 & 2003. However if this problem cannot be rectified then
> we cannot upgrade. Does anybody know of a solution to this; I don't want to
> turn reminders off as I still want to see my reminders - I just don't want
> to
> see his.

Why do you believe this is an Outlook issue and not an issue caused by
"WorkgroupShare"?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

From: carina on 31 Mar 2010 03:49
I don't - I'm looking for confirmation that it is, as when I have raised the
same issue with WorkgroupShare Support (as have other people) they say it is
an Outlook 2007 issue. I want to confirm which it is which is why I'm asking
the question in this forum, so that I can ascertain if anybody else has the
same problem with the same products and has found a solution.

"Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> "carina" <carina(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:01B3C1B1-0024-4ABA-A64C-D60987995607(a)microsoft.com...
>
> >I have Outlook 2007. My manager has Outlook 2003. We share calendars
> > through a product called WorkgroupShare by Softalk Ltd. I am receiving
> > reminders from his calendar flashing intermittently on my screen and a lot
> > of
> > them appear to be blank. They don't stay on the screen; they momentarily
> > flash then disappear. The appointments do not appear in my calendar; I
> > cannot even see them in his calendar. Softalk claim it is an Outlook 2007
> > problem. We were considering upgrading some of our users to Outlook 2007
> > this year (at the moment I am the only one using it) but we would still have
> > a mixture of 2007 & 2003. However if this problem cannot be rectified then
> > we cannot upgrade. Does anybody know of a solution to this; I don't want to
> > turn reminders off as I still want to see my reminders - I just don't want
> > to
> > see his.
>
> Why do you believe this is an Outlook issue and not an issue caused by
> "WorkgroupShare"?
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
> .
>
From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 31 Mar 2010 09:39
"carina" <carina(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EC63A42C-7F45-4A27-AEDF-D58EFDACC855(a)microsoft.com...

>I don't - I'm looking for confirmation that it is, as when I have raised the
> same issue with WorkgroupShare Support (as have other people) they say it is
> an Outlook 2007 issue. I want to confirm which it is which is why I'm
> asking
> the question in this forum, so that I can ascertain if anybody else has the
> same problem with the same products and has found a solution.

I wish I could give you some pointers. Normally, one disables an add-in to
see if it's causing the problem, but since testing for the problem requires
using the add-in (since you can't share anything without it), I can't think of
a good way forward unless there is someone else who also uses that product and
has experience with it. I hope that if there is, they'll chime in.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

From: Diane Poremsky [MVP] on 31 Mar 2010 11:28
Ask them exactly what the issue is that causes Outlook to flash someone
else's reminder on your screen.

I'm guessing it has something to due with how they share and how outlook
2007 triggers reminders- even so, its technically not outlook's problem as
it doesn't happen unless that program is installed.

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"carina" <carina(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EC63A42C-7F45-4A27-AEDF-D58EFDACC855(a)microsoft.com...
> I don't - I'm looking for confirmation that it is, as when I have raised
> the
> same issue with WorkgroupShare Support (as have other people) they say it
> is
> an Outlook 2007 issue. I want to confirm which it is which is why I'm
> asking
> the question in this forum, so that I can ascertain if anybody else has
> the
> same problem with the same products and has found a solution.
>
> "Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> "carina" <carina(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:01B3C1B1-0024-4ABA-A64C-D60987995607(a)microsoft.com...
>>
>> >I have Outlook 2007. My manager has Outlook 2003. We share calendars
>> > through a product called WorkgroupShare by Softalk Ltd. I am receiving
>> > reminders from his calendar flashing intermittently on my screen and a
>> > lot
>> > of
>> > them appear to be blank. They don't stay on the screen; they
>> > momentarily
>> > flash then disappear. The appointments do not appear in my calendar;
>> > I
>> > cannot even see them in his calendar. Softalk claim it is an Outlook
>> > 2007
>> > problem. We were considering upgrading some of our users to Outlook
>> > 2007
>> > this year (at the moment I am the only one using it) but we would still
>> > have
>> > a mixture of 2007 & 2003. However if this problem cannot be rectified
>> > then
>> > we cannot upgrade. Does anybody know of a solution to this; I don't
>> > want to
>> > turn reminders off as I still want to see my reminders - I just don't
>> > want
>> > to
>> > see his.
>>
>> Why do you believe this is an Outlook issue and not an issue caused by
>> "WorkgroupShare"?
>> --
>> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>>
>> .
>>
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