Did you turn up logging on OABgen and see what it had to say? Regards,
Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jean-Paul natola [mailto:jnat...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 3:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: GAL not updating on cached clients still not working - its been "connecting to server" since yesterday Turn up logging on OAB gen. Try doing a "get-exchangeserver |% {update-filedistributionservice $_.Name -type oab}" and see if you can d/l the addr book after that. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jean-Paul natola [mailto:jnat...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 2:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: GAL not updating on cached clients 2010 standard ________________________________ From: mich...@smithcons.com To: exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: GAL not updating on cached clients Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 18:24:41 +0000 What exchange version? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com<http://theessentialexchange.com/> From: Jean-Paul natola [mailto:jnat...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 2:20 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: GAL not updating on cached clients Hi all, the GAL is not updating on my 2007 clients that are in cached mode, and if i try to "download address book" it just hangs. the only work around i have is to delete the OAB files from \\pc1\c$\Documents<file:///\\pc1\c$\Documents> and Settings\user_name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Exchange 2010 outlook 2007 (cached mode) xp sp3 ________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. Get busy.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4> ________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get started.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3> ________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. See how.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2>