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m_s

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Outlook display messed - any ideas?
« on: April 07, 2006, 08:12 AM »
I've just run Outlook for the first time on my clean XP install.  Everything is up-to-date, but my screen is messed as in screenshot.  Before running, I installed MS Visual Studio 2005 Runtime Engine, Outlook 2003 PIA, and RemoteCalendars - the first two both are prerequisites for the third, which allows you to load iCal format into Outlook.  I wondered if it might be a case of WindowBlinds messing things up, but excluding Outlook from WindowBlinds makes no difference.  Any ideas? 

(PS. Screenshot taken with the sweet - but not nearly as powerful as ScreenshotCaptor! - ScreenJot (http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/04/03/capture-arbitrary-parts-of-the-screen-with-screenjot/), then converted from BMP to PNG with the brilliant built-in image converter in DOpus.)


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Re: Outlook display messed - any ideas?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2006, 08:37 AM »
Now I'm very confused - completely removed the three add-ins I had installed, but Outlook still looks the same!  Then reinstalled Outlook and updated graphics drivers, but still exactly the same...
« Last Edit: April 07, 2006, 09:14 AM by m_s »

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Re: Outlook display messed - any ideas?
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2006, 09:39 AM »
Have you tried unloading Windowblinds?  They seem to have been having some problems.  (And some users report legal copies broken with the same symptoms.)

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Re: Outlook display messed - any ideas?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2006, 10:01 AM »
Bingo!  It worked when I unloaded WindowBlinds (mine is a legit copy, btw)...  Reloaded WB, and it doesn't work again.  Any ideas for a workaround, or just wait for new version of WB?

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Re: Outlook display messed - any ideas?
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2006, 10:30 AM »
Ah, changed skin and it works again!

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