Do you keep your identity folder/OS home folder on a network drive rather than a local drive? If so, please be aware that there are some known Entourage 2004 issues with keeping identities on a network drive, and at the moment there is no workaround apart from keeping your identity to a local drive.
On 9/2/04 2:33 PM, "Luis Vallecillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OMG!!!!!!!!!!! > > You are ALL going to kick yourselves when you read the following... > > ---- > > OK, so it happened AGAIN earlier this afternoon, and again the only > indication was an increase in CPU usage for the Database Daemon. I then get > a dialog box pop-up that says something along the lines of: > > "Operaton could not be completed. Error 16008" > > ...or something close to that (I was too quick to dismiss the dialog). > > So I started thinking back to my original thought...which was some kind of > database upkeep of some sort. Here is what I posted: > >> It did happen to me again this morning, and looking at the list of >> applications via the Activity Monitor program I did notice the Database >> Daemon application was taking much more CPU time than usual (anywhere from 4 >> to 5%), but nothing else was unusually high. I really does seem like the >> database is going through some sort of "optimization" cycle...but I don't >> think there is such a thing on Entourage. >> >> Any other ideas? :-( > > Well, guess what?!?!?! I'm pretty certain that is EXACTLY what is going on. > I launched Entourage with the <option> key down and on the database utility > there it was. The last radio-button is to set the preferences for your > database, and once you go there you are faced by the following option: > > "Perform Database integrity check in the background." > > So then Entourage (actually the Database Daemon) is INDEED doing some kind > of integrity check in the background. The question now is, why would this > check happen in the middle of the day AND why would it just make Entourage > completely unusable? Anyone? Jud? > > I could still be wrong, but I need more info as to how this "feature" works > before being 100%. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Luis Vallecillo - http://weborican.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> From: Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:10:51 -0700 >> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Entourage 2004 becomes unresponsive (freezes, hangs, pauses, >> etc.) for minutes at a time >> >> On or near 8/31/04 14:13, Luis Vallecillo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: >> >>> I think there is a bit of confusion as to what I describe as "delays". I am >>> well aware of the delays caused by SpamSieve's AppleScripts, but that is not >>> the case here. Unless there is some crazy runaway script loop that can >>> linger well past the check-email schedule, I don't think they are related at >>> all. >>> >>> When I'm checking email, and ONLY when I'm checking email, are those scripts >>> running...and ONLY then do I see that particular delay (as a matter of fact, >>> it is happening right now as I type). Once all messages have been processed, >>> and SpamSieve is done handling all of those messages (which you can see by >>> looking at SpamSieve's icon on the dock) then we are out of the woods on >>> that particular delay. >>> >> You are correct; the SpamSieve delay is indicated by its icon in the Dock, >> so you are clearly seeing a different problem. >> >>> The delay I'm experiencing is different. This delay will last for probably >>> 15 minutes at a time, and while it is happening SpamSieve is doing >>> absolutely nothing. The only things you notice is: >>> >> Fifteen MINUTES?! Good grief! I have never seen anything like that. >> >>> - ZERO response to clicks on Entourage's interface >>> - Increased hard disk activity >>> - Increased CPU usage for the Database Daemon (about 5%) >>> >> The only thing comparable I have seen has been when some AppleScript times >> out entirely...for instance, throwing up a dialog in Finder that is in the >> background so you don't see it, and then waiting for a response. It hangs >> Entourage. But generally, scripts time out after about 2 minutes. Another >> thing that I've known to do it (also in a script) is a time-consuming >> "whose" clause searching a very large contact database, such as >> >> Every contact whose (first name begins with "B" or last name begins with "B" >> or Company begins with "B") >> >> But I can hardly conceive of such an operation that would take fifteen >> mnutes. >> >> It has to be something Entourage is initiating, since only Entourage is >> affected. A script, a schedule, or something like that. >> >> One other thing that used to hang up for a moderately long time was >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> archives: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> >> old-archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> >> >> > > -- Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: <http://www.pptfaq.com/> Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
