Outlook seemed to fit all I needed, and I changed email addresses from a few ISP-bound ones to Outlook.com and it is convenient to sync them to several devices. I still have one Gmail account but despite using it infrequently, its UX changes over time put me out of my comfort zone and annoyed me so I destroyed all other Gmail accts under my control.
Back to KB3097877, reddit traffic from sysadmins is running hot - well 330, warmish. Ian Thomas Sent from my Lumia 640 XL Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Tom Rutter<mailto:therut...@gmail.com> Sent: 13/11/2015 21:30 To: ozDotNet<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] Windows Update wreaks havoc with Outlook Sorry to hear about your troubles. On a related topic, is there a reason you use Outlook in general? I've been using Gmail for a long time and never really got into Outlook but I assume I'm missing out on stuff as many like yourself use it. Seems very heavy to me just for email and calendar.... On Friday, 13 November 2015, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com> wrote: > RANT - This really pissed me off. > > Desktop Outlook continually crashed yesterday/today, so after checking all > the disk and system integrity things, running Scanpst on .pst and .ost > files, etc I hid the files, started a new Outlook profile, and reconfigured > (totally rebuilt) my mixed PST pop3, mapi, and IMAP email system that > synchronizes desktop, laptop, tablet and phone via outlook.com (not > Office 365). > Waiting for 6Gb of emails and attachments etc to fill up my new .ost, I > decided to check who else in the interweb had a recent, similar problem. > Yes. KB3097877 of 10November is known to cause the continual crashing of > all versions of Outlook. Workaround: disable download of images with > emails. Fix: Uninstall the Windows Update (named), reboot and check for > available Windows Updates (the faulty one has been replaced). > Thanks, Microsoft devs 😒 > > > Ian Thomas > Sent from my Lumia 640 XL > Windows Phone >
