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Outlook horror stories

Ben Patterson CNET

Published: 24 Sep 2004

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We love Outlook when it's reminding us of appointments, helping us schedule meetings, alerting us of email from the boss and keeping us up with our deadlines. But then with no warning it goes all psycho on us. Searches crash the system. We find ourselves buried alive in an Inbox that's out of room. And then there are those pernicious email viruses. All too soon, our Outlook dream is a nightmare.

In the following pages, we tackle five common Outlook nightmares. Our expert tips and downloads will help you chase away those Outlook gremlins.

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