Problem Incorrect autocomplete info in Outlook

Discussion in 'Software' started by mcbro, Jul 12, 2010.

  1. mcbro

    mcbro Byte Poster

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    Hello

    I have a problem with the auto complete information in Outlook.
    I have a user for example Bob Smith who was orignally setup as Bob Smithe. This was changed on his first day. I made bob.smith his default email and left bob.smithe as an alternative address.

    The problem is auto complete displays the information as Bob Smith <bob.smithe>
    This happens for people who have never sent to him before so it doesnt seem to be an issue with the nk2 file.(also tried deleting the entry in the nk2 file downloading the address book but the problem reappears)

    I have deleted the alternative email so no where does it say bob.smithe in exchange system manager or his AD object.

    Any ideas where the incorrect spelling is being stored?
    Exchange 07, Outlook 03
     
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  2. michael78

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    Sorry if I have misread this but have you tried deleting it from the outlook cache. When you start typing his name in and it appears right click on it to highlight the name and then press delete. This should remove it. As long as you have removed it from Exchange (by the looks of it you have) it should fix it but might still appear in the Outlook cache. To check that email doesn't exist somewhere have you tried emailing it to see if it bounces back then you will be able to see if it's been removed altogether.
     
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  3. michael78

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    Might be set as a secondary email address for him.
     
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  4. mcbro

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    Thanks for the reply Slypie.

    The issue isnt with the stored auto complete information as it appears incorrect for users that havent emailed him before.

    I have deleted the second address although i dont get a bounce back.
     
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  5. michael78

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    Do you have more than 1 Exchange server? If so might be it hasn't replicated the change yet.
     
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  6. mcbro

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    Nope just the one.
     
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  7. alicat

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    Have you tried redownloading the address book? Do your staff work on cached mode?
     
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  8. mcbro

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    Hi Alicat

    Yes and Yes
     
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  9. AJ

    AJ 01000001 01100100 01101101 01101001 01101110 Administrator

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    It's the Outlook Nickname file

    look HERE
     
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  10. mcbro

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    How does that account for the users who have never sent to him, who when i tested it with their account Outlook created a new auto complete entry with the incorrect spelling?!

    I am going to have another look at this tomorrow (hopefully it will magically fix over night):rolleyes:
     
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  11. mcbro

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    The issue is the same today.

    Does anyone know where the autocomplete infomation is pulled from?
    Ive double checked the mailbox in Exchange Management Console and it doesnt have the incorrect spelling anywhere!
     
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  12. Fergal1982

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    Have you double checked the AD account? There's a few places (from what I recall) that you had to change:

    1) Search for the user in AD U&C, right click, rename - check the display name, logon name, etc are all correct.
    2) I think there is a tab in the properties form which contains an Exchange Alias - make sure this is also correct.
    3) Check the First, Last, & Display name fields on the account.

    If its also showing for people who have never done it then its likely in one of these places I would say. That said, try creating a brand new user, and see how it displays for them. That will identify if its a user setting, or a setting coming from AD/Exchange.
     
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  13. mcbro

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    Hi Fergal

    After your reply i double checked everything in Exchange and AD and both had the correct spelling. So i did some further Googling and found this thread http://social.technet.microsoft.com...s/thread/c604eecf-be03-4577-9519-2c7bea80388d.

    Followed the advice edited the Legacy entry in AD and its worked!
     
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