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Paul,

Thanks for this, I had it working and now I get an error for the last END IF- The error message says ” Compile error: End if without block if”. Not sure if I broke something or not. Here is what I have:

‘ Add to ThisOutlookSession
Option Explicit
Private WithEvents CalendarItems As Items
Dim myCalendar As Outlook.Folder

Private Sub Application_Startup()
Dim objNS As NameSpace
Set objNS = Application.Session

Set myCalendar = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
Set CalendarItems = myCalendar.Items

Set objNS = Nothing
End Sub

Private Sub CalendarItems_ItemAdd(ByVal Item As Object)
Dim TimeSpan As Long

‘how much time do you want to block (in minutes) TimeSpan = 15

‘If Item.MeetingStatus = olMeeting Then
If Item.MeetingStatus = olMeeting Or Item.MeetingStatus = olMeetingReceived Then On Error Resume Next

Dim oAppt As AppointmentItem
Set oAppt = Application.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)

With oAppt
.Subject = “Meeting Review Time ” & Item.Subject
.Start = Item.End
‘ use number for duration if you are using a different length here
.Duration = TimeSpan
.BusyStatus = olBusy
.ReminderSet = False
.Save
End With
End If
End Sub

See and that is the issue here. The functionality I want/need is what was the way things worked with with email system that was in place. While each email client could download messages from the server and deleting on one device did not affect the others, now that appears to be the only method. So much for ” progress, this is a loss of function.

Pual,

Either I have been seriously misinformed or somehow we are not on the same applications or something. So my email goes through GoDaddy, who changed their email servers and forced everyone to use Exchange/O365. Due to that, I could not use POP3 or IMAP and can only select Exchange as the mail type. IMAP is not given as an option.

So, where I formerly had one inbox and then was able to use rules to filter emails into subfolders if I wanted, now I have 5 separate inboxes. I also get emails for all of them on my phone using the Outlook app, plus two of the accounts also need to be accessed on two other desktop computers running Outlook 2019. Those computers are not accessed daily and so the emails need to stay on the server for at least a few days.

Given all that, the issue becomes that even if the email has been downloaded on one computer and also read on the phone, if I delete it from the phone it is deleted on the server, so it isn’t available to be downloaded on either of the two other computers.

So how do I keep the emails from being deleted from the server if I delete them on the phone? This also happens even after I have retrieved the email on the first computer, then delete it on the phone, it deletes from that computer. As another little twist, if I delete it from that computer, it does not delete on the phone and I have to manually delete it there since I don’t need them on the phone once I have dealt with them.

So, not sure what you are answering but it doesn’t answer my question. There are no IMAP accounts in use and if you read the first sentence, I state that these are Exchange accounts.

So, to repeat myself and maybe clarify, we have Exchange accounts only but when an email is downloaded to Outlook 2019, as well as onto the Android phone, when the email is deleted on the phone it is also deleted in Outlook. The reverse does not occur, so if I delete an email in Outlook, it remains on the phone.

What I need to be able to have happen is the email stays on Outlook until I decide to delete it, regardless of what happens to the copy on the phone,

It sounds like Money is a good option. However, I still haven’t heard anything about the download capabilities. I don’t do anything with investments I just want it to be able to download transactions from my bank and credit card accounts the same as Quicken.

I have been doing the Quicken update dance for a few (too many) years, but because I am frugal (okay cheap) I have been buying a year behind version on eBay which cuts the cost somewhat more than 50% since the seller is now holding a year behind product and wants to at least get their money back. Right now I run 2017.

What I want to clarify for myself is the separation of the “online” services that supposed stop working if you aren’t on a support version. Is it just the bill pay function or does that include the account downloads as well? I know I can manually download form each site but with a few credit cards and bank accounts, it will be tedious to log on to each, do the download and then the import into Quicken.

I pretty much just do basic work, I enter transactions into the register,m then use the download transaction function to clear them and then reconcile at the end of the month.

So question for those who have left Quicken,what free programs are you using that can import all my Quicken data and do the transaction downloads?

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Zero

This pretty much follows my thinking after reading both the blog post from the OP and then this response. Some of the points in the blog have to do with having to be able to use something on essentially every OS out there, which most people do not do (although this community is likely the exception or that).
I have been using LastPass for a number of years and found it to be simple and easy to use, so much so that I have installed the free version on the computers of a number of non-tech people I wind up “supporting”. They only need to remember the one master password (I usually ask them to give that to me as well, which I store in an encrypted file with a pseudonym for when they forget it). LastPass and other similar applications include the ability to fine tune the generated password to meet site requirements (number, letters, caps, special characters either used or not used) which, as noted, the “formula” does not support and therefore the user would have to remember the special case for some sites where they had to use a symbol or number in the formula and where they did not. And for a relatively small fee, which the programmers are certainly entitled to, I use it on my phone and a second computer (desk and laptop) and everything is synced.

The listed “breaches” of LastPass are all older, have been resolved and pretty much everything gets attacked these days, including government systems on a regular basis. If that was a criteria for not trusting anything, then you need to stick to driving to the bank and talking with a teller (ATMs can be hacked, you know) and only paying cash for everything.

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Kranium

When the original install included SP1, it is part of Windows and cannot be uninstalled but I came across where an original install didn’t include SP1 and SP1 was still unable to be uninstalled as it should be able to – Windows :rolleyes:

I have an universal Win 7 x64 SP1 ISO from which I can burn you a couple of bootable disks – just PM me your address and I’ll send them onto you.

This was originally a Win 7 x64 Pro SP1 ISO that I removed the eicfg file from so it is good for Starter – Ultimate which will activate with your product key.

You would normally be prompted to select the version you wished to use when using it for a clean install, but I don’t know how that downgrade program would treat it.

You can also download an ISO from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery by entering your product key and while I don’t know if these include SP1, they are free.

You can then use https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool to create bootable media of your choice.

I found a Full Win7 disk and when I run it I get a different error now. I get the list of available Windows versions and I select Windows 7 Ultimate 64. The software does a compatibility check and then gives me an error message that I can’t do an upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit. I know the current install is 64 bit. Just for fun (ha) I ran it again and selected x86, that failed as well. I then changed to attempting to install Professional and that failed as well.
Not sure why this is now popping up as an error. Is there another setting in the registry that I need to check?

If you have a Win 7 Ultimate install disk to go with the key, then this may work for you http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/downgrade-windows-7-enterprise-to-ultimate-professional-or-home-premium-edition/

Sudo, Thanks. This actually works with only one issue. I have SP1 installed and the windows install disk I have does not have SP1 on it. So i get an error saying that the installed version is newer than the version I’m attempting to install.
I can;t uninstall SP1. When I go into the updates list, I do not get an uninstall option for SP1. Do I need to uninstall every update after SP1 (from 2011)?
I attempted to just remove the value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersion CSDVersion by removing the current value of Service Pack 1. Leaving that blank gave me the same error. Since I don’t have a computer that does not have SP1 on it, I don’t know what other value would be there that might trick the installer.
Thanks,

Paul,
I have looked at that but I do not have any connectivity between the IP address of the server inside the VM and the host Win7 computer.
The VM server is statically set to a number of addresses in the 192.168.168 range. VM has two adapters set on the host computer, one is set up as dynamic which picks up an IP address from the VM server (192.168.20.1) and another that is static that is also an IP address from the VM (192.168.19.1).
The dynamic address seems to only appear if I have the WiFi adapter connected.
My issue is that I need to be able to do this where I have no Internet connection, which happens when I have to run this to demonstrate the software on some occasions and I still need to be able to make this work.
Jeff

Sudo, thanks but this will not work. This is to allow using the WiFi on your computer to become a hotspot to allow others to connect to the Internet. Different issue.

Paul, Sorry if I was not clear enough. The host computer is running Windows 7 Pro, SP1. I then have VMWare Workstation 10 loaded and inside that is the Server 2008 R2. The issue here is I need to get this configured so that from the Win7 side, I can connect to the website running in the VM.
I do know that VMWare sets up a way to connect to the outside world but I am not looking to do that.
The original mechanism we were using included using an external router to connect the computer running VM and then a separate computer on that same network connected to the router.
My goal is to not have to have the second computer or router and only use the one machine.
Does that make sense?
Jeff

Duplicate emails are increasing the burden of data files in MS Outlook. User can try following methods, mentioned below :

1. Remove bad rules
2. Uncheck the option “Leave a message copy on server” during installation of MS Outlook application
3. Remove duplicate emails manually & use “Compact Now” feature of MS Outlook

Above steps can be considered as a prevention technique in Outlook 2010.

Regards,
Maria

Maria,
I’m not sure where you copied this from, but this has nothing to do with “increasing the burden of data files in MS Outlook”.
And, had you read the previous posts- There are no “bad” rules. This affects only a single email account and the rules associated with that were removed with no effect. Actually, ALL rules were removed with no effect on this issue.
The second point you mention was done and has not changed the issue.
The last point you have makes no sense related to the issue. Of course duplicate emails can be deleted manually, but that does not have anything to do with resolving this issue and compacting the data files also would have no effect.

Just a suggestion: on several customers’ computers that had this duplicate messages problem I traced the cause to send/receive errors. If an error occurs during a send/receive then the email client does not delete the messages off the server, so duplicates are downloaded in the next send/receive.

If Outlook encounters a send/receive error it will not necessarily prompt you; most often the only indication of such errors is a message in the status bar (near bottom-right corner) saying something like “Errors were encountered during this operation”. Clicking on such message should cause a dialog to be displayed with details of the error(s).

I looked at that already. There are no errors and this occurs with all of the emails through that account. I can repeat it over and over, sending myself emails and even if I make a change in the account setting, the Outlook test emails come in 3 times. So, not multiple requests to the server.

Apologies you did indeed state in your 1st post it was pop3.

Have you looked at the Email Headers to see if that throws any light on the problem?

I looked at the headers but didn’t see anything that stood out. I’ll keep looking.