Sue Mosher just sent this out from her EMO publication. Notice the part about Outlook 98 clients near the bottom:
Microsoft has released an updated list of holidays for 2003-2007, just in time for users of Outlook 2000, whose holiday list goes only through 2002. Get the download from http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d4d9017-8d4e-4963-8b a7-d2e91d491f5e&DisplayLang=en [URL MAY BE BROKEN ACROSS LINES] and then follow the instructions provided on the web page. Slipstick.com visitor Leo Whitman alerted us to a couple of errors in the updated holiday list: -- December 26, 2003, claims to be both the 7th AND 8th day of Hanukkah. -- May 5, 2005, is listed as the observed U.S. Independence Day with July 4, 2005, as the actual Independence Day. In the past, Microsoft has published knowledgebase articles on errors in the Outlook.txt and Outlook.hol holiday date files, so perhaps one will be forthcoming to cover these and any other errors. If you want to use this update with Outlook 98, which may have run out of holiday entries depending on just how you installed Outlook 98, locate your old Outlook.txt file, rename it, then use WinZip to extract the new Outlook.txt file from the download to the same folder. You can then import with the Tools | Options | Calendar Options | Add Holidays command. Outlook 2002's holiday list runs through 2005, so it won't need a refresh for a few years. -----Original Message----- From: Karon Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 8:50 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Holidays in Outlook 2000 Problem Maybe I missed another post but we cannot get this patch and/or txt file to work at all on Outlook 98. I got it to work a few months back when I found it but when we try now on Outlook 98 it will not work. Any ideas or suggestions? Karon M. Miller Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP Here are some instructions I wrote that we posted for our users (you need to > add the Outlook.txt file). There is also a separate article, Q197415, that > tells you how to update shared calendars in Public Folders. > > > 1. Save this file to the following location on your PC (right click on the > file and choose "Save As"): > > c:\program files\microsoft office\office\1033 > > > NOTE: Click "YES" if you receive the message "The file OUTLOOK.TXT already > exists. Do you want to replace the existing file?" > > 2. From your Inbox, click on the menu bar and choose Tools, Options, > Calendar Options, Add Holidays. > > 3. Click on the "Calendar Options..." button > > 4. Click on the "Add Holidays..." button > > 5. Check the boxes for the holidays in the countries you want added to your > calendar. Click OK. > > This will add holidays from 2003-2006. > > **THIS IS ONLY FOR YOUR PERSONAL CALENDARS, NOT FOR SHARED CALENDARS IN > PUBLIC FOLDERS*** > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Ko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:03 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Holidays in Outlook 2000 Problem > > > This message was sent back in mid December, but I thought I send another > email with updated info about Outlook 2000 Holiday patch from Microsoft. > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d4d9017-8d4e-4 > 963-8ba7-d2e91d491f5e&DisplayLang=en > > Above patch will add Holidays 'till 2007 to Outlook 2000 clients. > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ken Cornetet > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 12:42 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Holidays in Outlook 2000 Problem > > > Find your outlook.txt file and manually add the missing holidays. Then, > go back to outlook and re-add holidays. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edwards, Aaron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:17 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Holidays in Outlook 2000 Problem > > > Hi, > > When any of our users add holidays in Outlook 2000, it adds them just > fine for 2002 but not 2003. It's like they aren't reoccurring. We are > running Exchange 2000 and have about 750 users. I have tried changing > the computer clock to 2003 and then adding holidays but they still only > populate 2002. I can't seem to find any KB articles on this. Has anyone > seen this behavior? > > Thanks, > > Aaron > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
