Microsoft Update does it again
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
October 28, 2017 11:28am CST
Earlier today I ran Windows Update and installed the update provided. Everything seemed fine until I opened Microsoft Outlook. Every attempted action resulted in a small dialogue box displaying “The operation failed”. A quick search online showed that the latest update had disabled Microsoft Outlook for many users.
Annoyingly I could not find the .pst file, which I suspected may have wrong permissions, so that option was aborted. The only way to correct the issue was to repair the installation from the original Microsoft Office CD, which worked okay and now my emails are functioning again.
I do like Windows 10, but cannot believe how many problems Windows Update has presented me with recently.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
28 Oct 17
Oh dear good luck with that my friend.
I no longer have update issues as I only have a small chromebook with no windows to worry about.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Oct 17
@TiarasOceanView Yes I am thank you.
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Hope you doing okay
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Oct 17
Since posting this discussion I have discovered that my headphone output had also been affected. I should have expected this because it happened after the previous update as well.
The headphones are now operating normally again. However, I can appreciate how much of a problem these small things must be for someone unaccustomed to dealing with such issues.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 17
It is a pain when they knock out functionality and cause many headaches! GRRR
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
15 Dec 17
On such occasions I always consider the effect that such issues can have on many users. In my case I am capable of rectifying such issues, this reducing them to an annoying inconvenience. For many people such issues could be drastic problems.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
15 Dec 17
@garymarsh6 Imagine what a problem it would be to someone who had no idea what to do.
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 17
@Asylum Absolutely,. It always knocks out my sound card and I have to reconfigure it every blooming time! It was a big download this recently!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16764)
• China
2 Nov 17
You know a thing or two about computer and set it to rights soon.Mine is Windows 10 too.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Oct 17
Maybe I should never get Windows 10 the next time I have to buy a laptop. I use a Windows 8.1 that has been very good for the past couple of years I have been using it.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Nov 17
I still use 7, hoping that bugs go away before I switch.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
28 Oct 17
I mostly use Ubuntu seems to work pretty darn good.
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