Troubleshooting Microsoft Entourage Error “Your Office database is damaged. Do you want to quit MSN Messenger...”

The latest version of Microsoft Entourage for Apple Mac is Entourage 2008. The final version of MS Entourage has an improved interface along with much refined features. It is still the favorite among Mac users who rely on Entourage and Microsoft Exchange Server for emailing.

Tools such as Mailing List Manager facilitate easy handling of vital emails. The junk filter after updating helps helps fight spam and keeps of almost all the junk mails. Emails and calendering features have also been polished in Entourage 2008. Using My Day application, the users can access their Entourage data when the application isn't even running.

Users when launch MS Entourage 2008, they come across the following error message at times:

“Your Office database is damaged. Do you want to quit MSN Messenger and all Microsoft Office Programs so that the Database Utility can run?”

Cause:

The aforestated error is the result of Entourage database corruption. Virus attack, application malfunction, power outage, abrupt Entourage application termination and more are the factors behind the corruption in Entourage database. Entourage Repair needs to be carried out or else significant data might be lost.

Resolve:

MS Entourage error can be resolved through the following steps:

1.Quit all applications. Launch Microsoft Entourage.
2.To close all applications, click Apple in the Finder. Force Quit all the applications that are running until only Finder is left in the Force Quit Application window.
3.If the latest updates for Mac Entourage 2008 are not installed, download and install them.
4.Start Microsoft Word. Click Help-> About Wizard on the Word menu. Click Help and then click Check for Updates. Download and install the updates.

In case the above steps for Entourage Repair fail to resolve the issue, try to rebuild Entourage database. This can help recover the Entourage database items such as cardinal emails, contacts and appointments from the corrupt or damaged Entourage database. In case, Entourage continues to exhibit such behavior, go for third party solutions. You can choose from the myriad utilities available online and recover data using the one which best suits your needs.

“Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery” is an excellent tool that can recover your precious data for Entourage 2008/2004. The software is highly compatible with all major Mac OS X including 10.7 Lion. Designed with an interactive GUI, this Microsoft Entourage Repair tool requires no expert skills to recover data.

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Are application conflicts making your life miserable? Switch to Entourage Repair Solutions

Microsoft Entourage is a popular email client for Apple Mac users who often confront strange behaviour when using the application. Entourage users when work on Microsoft Word and Entourage, face the problem of application crash and freezing. While switching between the two the frequent freezing and hanging makes life hell and there is a strong chance of data loss. Once precious data or information becomes inaccessible or corrupt, Entourage Repair solutions are required.

Scenario:

While working on MS Entourage, the following behavior of the application is observed:

1.When a particular mail is closed, the Entourage screen does not correctly redraw and the scroll bar is left in the middle of the mail window.
2.When opening a Word document, the document crashes or takes a long time to open.
3.Switching between other applications is possible and easy but switching between Microsoft Entourage and Microsoft Word doesn't happen when the spin ball occurs.
4.When you switch from MS Word to Entourage, the spin ball or beach ball of death occurs, which often happens for a very long time.

The aforementioned issues make user data inaccessible. Significant data loss can play havoc on a user's privy or professional front. The root of the problem needs to be diagnosed to perform Entourage Repair.

Cause:

This strange conduct of Microsoft Entourage is triggered by the following factors:

1.Corrupt permissions or preference files of Microsoft Office for Mac
2.Faulty PRAM (Programmable Read Only Memory)
3.Conflict between Microsoft Office and other applications
4.Damaged Entourage database

Solution:

The issue can to be resolved through the following steps:

1.If the prefence files are corrupt or damaged, remove them. Once relaunched, the application will recreate those. Or try to fix the Office permissions.
2.Reset the PRAM of the system.
3.Uninstall the Office Add-ins like Adobe PDF Maker or Word and then run the application.
4.Rebuild Entourage Database using the inbuilt Database Utility.

If Microsoft Entourage continues to exhibit the similar behavior even after attemping the aforestated solutions, then, try third party Entourage Repair tools. “Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery” is one such utility that can repair the database and recover vital data such as important emails, contacts and calendar from the corrupt or damaged database. The software is built on an interactive user interface and supports MS Entourage 2008 and 2004.

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Bugged by Entourage Corruption post migration from Apple Mail? Entourage Repair Solution is here

Many Mac users often migrate from Apple Mail to Microsoft Entourage as per their privy and professional needs. Both email clients support Mac OS X and come with a wide feature set. What some Apple Mac users often face is that post migration from Apple Mail to Microsoft Entourage they loose access to their important emails.

When the Entourage Application is run, it shows a blank screen. Sometimes the email message that is selected is shown as blank. Instead of displaying the email listing, Entourage comes up with a blank screen. Even if the mail header is shown, once clicked the body of the message will disappear.

All these issues can render all your precious emails as unusable and thus, the need of Entourage Repair solution becomes pressing. In order to resolve the issue, the root of the problem needs to be diagnosed.

Grounds of the issue:

This behaviour of Entourage can be the result of:

1.Erronous or incomplete import process from Apple Mail to Entourage, making the database corrupt.
2.Application crash due to abrupt or improper system shutdown.
3.The database or system is attacked by a virus or a malicious program.
4.Sometimes the user moves the database from the MUD (Microsoft User Data) folder to another location.

These are some of the factors that can make the vital emails inaccessible for an Entourage user and the resolve of the issue is possible with efficient Entourage Repair tools.

Resolve of the issue:

The following Entourage Repair solutions can help in troubleshooting this problem:

1.In case you have moved your database to some other location, put it back into MUD folder.
2.Under the tools menu, go to the Accounts option. Check if the 'Partially Download Message' checkbox is selected. If it is so, uncheck it.
3.Delete all the cache files and restart the Entourage Application. It can be found under Users/User Name/Library/folder.
4.If these methods don't help, try to restore data from the most recent backup available.

This is should help in resolving the issue. If the problem still persists, then you can try to rebuild Entourage database using 'Database Utility'.

If this is not able to solve the issue, commercial third party Entourage Repair tools are available that can do the job for you. These powerful tools deploy extensive scans and mechanisms to retrieve vital emails, attachments, notes, address book and calendar items. “Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery” is one such preeminent tool that supports MS Entourage 2008/2004 and is compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger.

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How to resolve Entourage Error 3259 “An operation on the server timed out”

A popular email client for Mac is Entourage. Manufactured by Microsoft, Entourage has tons of features such as emails, notes, contacts, calendar and project manager. Entourage is quite popular as a reliable personal information manager. Entourage has also been designed to work as a client for Microsoft Exchange.

When MS Entourage user tries to send or receive any email an error is encountered that says:

“An operation on the server timed out. The server may be down, overloaded, or there may be too much net traffic.

Error: 3259”

Cause:

This error message keeps popping up time and again making it difficult for Entourage users to send or receive any mail. A number of reasons are behind this error. Some of them include:

1.A bad SMTP configuration will result in this error at the time of receiving emails.
2.If an incorrect port number is set for outgoing connections, it will result in error 3259.
3.It can also be triggered by authentication problems by the SMTP.
4.Another factor causing this could be server error.
5.Corruption in the Entourage application can generate error 3259.

Solution:

To carry out Entourage repair follow these steps:

1.Ensure that you are connected to the internet. Try to sign in to your account using the web based application.
2.Change the SMTP port to 587.
For Entourage 2008
1.Start Entourage.
2.Click Tools -> Accounts. Double click the account you want to set up. Go to Sending mail section, choose Click here for advanced sending options.
3.Check the Override default SMTP port check box and make the port value 587.
4.Clear Outlook and try to send an email.
For Entourage 2004
1.Start Entourage.
2.Click Tools -> Accounts.
3.Select account, click Edit.
4.Go to Account Settings tab. In the Sending mail section, type mail.your-domain-name.com in the SMTP server field.
5.Choose Click here for advanced sending options.
6.Check the Override default SMTP port check box and make the port value 587.
7.To close the Edit Account window, click the small box in the upper left corner. Click Ok.

If this solution does not help, you can create a new user account. However, if it is a case of Entourage corruption, then you need an Entourage Repair tool. You can also try to rebuild Entourage database using the inbuilt Database Utility. But if that does not help, third party Entourage Repair tools can help and recover all the user data hassle free.

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Entourage Database Repair when preferences of the application are damaged

Entourage is quite similar to Microsoft Outlook and is a popular email client for Mac OS X users. This personal information manager is a part of the MS Office suite for Apple users. The latest version of Entourage application is Entourage 2008 was released on Jan 2008.

You may at times face the problem with Entourage application that it quits unexpectedly. This makes it difficult to access data from your Mac application and creates a great possibility of database corruption. When facing unexpected behaviour from the application, one needs to look for Entourage Database Repair options.

One such problem often encountered by Entourage users is that the application sometimes quits unexpectedly and gives an error message that says the database is corrupt or damaged. The probelm can be the result of a number of reasons.

Cause:

This behaviour can be the result of damage or corruption in the Mac OS X preferences of the application. Another factor that can trigger the unexpected quitting of the application can be corruption in the database Identity.

Resolve:

If the problem is caused by the corruption in preferences, you can restore them through the following steps:

1.Open preferences folder.
2.Select Microsoft Entourage preferences file.
3.Move these selected files to desktop and see if the Entourage application is now working fine.

If the problem still lingers, then you can restore the database from the most recent backup. However, a backup is not always available and in such situations you can rebuild Entourage database. Microsoft's free utility 'Database Utility' helps to rebuild the Entourage database and performs efficacious Entourage Database Repair.

But if none of the resolve is able to help, then it is time to seek the aid of a commercial third pary Entourage Database Repair Tool. These third party utilities can successfully recover all the cardinal data from the Entourage application such as emails, address book, notes, calendar entries etc. A reliable tool is “Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery”. This is a completely read only software that can recover the lost mails and folders.

The software restores all the Entourage data from the RGE file for Entourage 2008 and 2004. This adroid Entourage database repair tool shows the preview of the objects it can recover in a three view structure. This dexterous tool is compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger.

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Afflicted by Microsoft Entourage Connection Problems? Try Entourage Repair Software

For Apple Mac users, one of the best things by Microsoft has been Entourage. This widely popular email application makes communication easy and comes ladden with a whole bunch of advanced features. One of the key highlights about Entourage is its ability to work as an Exchange client.

Microsoft Exchange keeps business communication smooth and provides a collaborative email environment that suits best for enterprises. A number of critical factors play a major role in establishing connectivity between Microsoft Exchange Server and Entourage such as LDAP functions, certificates and more.

After performing a clean install of MS Office 2008, when launching Entourage application an error message pops up that says:

“Unable to establish a secure connection to servername because the correct root certificate is not installed.”

If after viewing the aforestated errror the user attempts to install Exchange Server's root certificate, another error is encountered, that says:

“Unable to establish a secure connection to servername because the server name or IP address does not match the name or IP address on the server’s certificate. If you continue, the information you view and send will be encrypted, but will not be secure.”

Even after receiving this error if the Entourage application is launched by clicking OK, it will connect but the same error message might reappear.

Grounds of the issue:

This error makes all the mail related tasks impossible. Sending or receiving mails or even accessing user's inbox is not allowed. This creates a situation of serious data loss that has to resolved. The issue can result from many factors such as improper installation of root certificate, LDAP lookup or corruption in the Microsoft Entourage database. Troubleshooting this error is possible, else there are Entourage Repair Software that can do the job.

Troubleshooting:

If the problem is a result of root certificate validation, contact your certificate provider to resolve the issue by asking for a valid certificate. If LDAP lookup is the root cause of your problem, then follow these steps:

1.Click on Entourage Menu, choose Account Settings.
2.Double click it to open Exchange account.
3.From the Edit Account dialog, choose Advanced tab.
4.See if the checkbox “This LDAP server requires a secure connection (SSL)” is selected. Ensure that it is deselected.

This should help resolve the error. If the error still persists, it is case of database corruption. You can either rebuild Entourage database or try third party Entourage Repair Software that can recover all the vital data from the corrupt database. “Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery” is one such indigenous tool that supports Entourage 2008/2004 and recovers all the emails, notes, calendar entries and address book items.

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Resolve for MS Entourage Corruption due to complex HTML formatting

Microsoft is a well known email application for Apple Mac users. Entourage facilitates emails, contacts, calendar, notes, tasks and project manager. Entourage supports POP, IMAP and WebDAV. The ability to work as a client for Microsoft Exchange is another feather in its cap.

Entourage is deployed by a number of professional Mac users as their personal information manager. MS Entourage is crafted to support both text based emails and HTML emails. The difference between the two is that HTML emails incorporate links, brochures, images, and templates to be inserted in the body of the message for better readability and understanding.

A complex HTML formatted email becomes unreadable for MS Entourage and when such a message is accessed it appears blank. In some cases, complex formatting also causes the Microsoft Entourage application to crash which can cause corruption in the database. If unexpected crash corrupts the application then Entourage Repair is required.

To fix the problem of complex formatting follow these steps:

1.Locate the following files from Macintosh HD/Users//Library/Preferences and drag com.microsoft.explorer.plist and com.apple.internetconfig.plist to desktop.
2.Re-launch the Entourage application see if the problem still occurs.
3.If the problem persists, move the files back to their original location.
4.If it resolves the issue, remove those files permanently.

If the aforestated steps fail to resolve the issue, then it is case of Entourage database corruption. When the Entourage application burns with the heat of corruption, then the first step is to rebuild Entourage database. For this Microsoft has provided an inbuilt utility named Database Utility. This utility helps to rebuild the Entourage database and makes it accessible again. However, if the utility is somehow not able to rebuild the database and there is no backup available, then it is time to seek professional help.

The market is flooding with a number of professional third party Entourage Repair software that can effectively handle such cases of database corruption. One such tool is “Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery”. The software restores all the emails, notes, address book and calendar items for Entourage 2008/2004 and restores it an a RGE file that can be imported back into MS Entourage. The demo version of this adroit tool offers the preview of recoverable items in a three view structure. The software is compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger.

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What to do when Entourage Application keeps crashing?

Microsoft Entourage comes as a part of office productivity suite for Mac users. Entourage provides email, calendar, contacts, task list, note list and project manager to its user. Its last version is Entourage 2008 which was released on January 2008. Entourage is a popular email client for Apple users which works by creating Identities. For each user account Entourage creates an Identity which is stored in the Microsoft User Data (MUD) folder.

Identities faciliate multiple Entourage users each having a different mail account and personal information to work from the same computer. Just like the other email application available in the market, Entourage is not free from corruption. A commonplace bhaviour of Entourage that is observed at times of database corruption is:

Entourage keeps on crashing again and again each time an attempt is made to open it.
Reinstalling the Microsoft Office suite does not solve the problem.
Trying to rebuild database using Database Utility proves futile.
Each time Entourage is opened, you have to force quit the application.

If Entourage becomes unresponsive or crashes everytime, then all the user data stored in the database will be lost due to inaccessibility. The root of the problem lies in Entourage database corruption owing to:

1.RGE file header corruption
2.Virus attack
3.Dirty shutdown
4.Improper Entourage termination
5.Application malfunction
6.Missing or corrupt Identity
7.File system problems

To resolve the problem of application crashing try to perform Entourage Repair using any one of the following methods:

1.Sometimes it happens that Entourage is scheduled to download emails from the Exchange Server. However, if the message being downloaded is corrupt or damaged, then Entourage application crashes. Find the corrupt message and delete it to solve the problem.
2.Often faulty installation of Entourage application or Mac OS causes the application to crash. Use Disk Utility to repair disk permissions.
3.If none of the above cases seem applicable, then the Entourage database has succumbed to corruption. Try to restore the database using the most recent backup available.

In case all these steps fail to resolve the issue or you do not have an updated backup, then don't worry, the battle is not yet lost. When all else fails, trust a professional third party Entourage Repair tool that can recover Microsoft Entourage database items into an importable RGE file. “Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery” is a preeminent tool for MS Entourage 2008 and 2004. The utility is completely read only in nature and the best solution if you are looking to rebuild entourage database. This dexterous software is compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger.

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Repair and Recover Data Even after Corruption of Entourage Database

Entourage is an e-mail client developed by Microsoft for Mac operating system. Similar to other e-mail clients, Microsoft Entourage can also face database corruption issues due to many reasons which can also lead to data loss situations. In such situations, you can not access any of the items in Entourage. To deal with such cases, you can use Entourage repair software and recover your data from corrupt Entourage database.

Many Entourage users receive an error message while sending or accessing Entourage items. The error message may resemble to the following:

“The Office database is damaged”

Cause:

In order to fix this issue, you need to find the exact cause of this error message. The above error message usually occurs when the Entourage database is damaged or corrupted. However, an Entourage database file may become corrupt due to any of the following reasons:

Entourage has a recommended limit for storing items in a folder and having large number of items in a folder means that operations will take more time to execute. Moreover, if user exceeds the limit then a number of issues may arise including corruption of Entourage database.

Like MS Outlook, Entourage also has a storage limit for its database file which is limited to 4 GB. If the data in this file exceeds the limit, the database file becomes corrupted. Virus infection may also corrupt the database which in turn makes the database inaccessible.

Solution:

To resolve this issue, you can follow any of the below given measures:

1.Rebuild Entourage Database and create a new identity
2.Create a new folder for Microsoft user database
3.Repair disk permissions using Disk Utility
4.Create a new user account

After following the above mentioned resolutions, it is possible that you may face the same issue again. Also, if you are creating a new folder, identity or account then you may not be able to access your old e-mails stored in the corrupt RGE file. For this, you need a Entourage database repair tool that can help you to repair the corrupt database file.

You can find a number of recovery software on the Internet. A computer beginner is always worried about the user interface and features of the software thus you can search for the software that are available with a free demo version.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery is one of such tools that is available with a free demo version so that you can try its features and functionalities before purchasing it. With this software, you can easily recover Entourage items such as emails, contacts, calendar items, tasks, etc. from corrupt RGE file. Moreover, this software has a self-descriptive user-interface and can be used by a novice to recover data from corrupt RGE file.

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A small analysis on Entourage database corruption and recovery methods

Mac OS 8.5 or higher systems use MS Entourage as their primary email client, which is a member of the Microsoft office suite. Entourage seems to be a native Mac application that can effectively run on both, Intel-based Macs and PowerPCs. For corporate users, it is one of the most reliable applications to serve their email and calendar needs. It stores all user emails and other information in a monolithic database. This database may occasionally get corrupt due to various reasons, such as virus infection, hardware problems, application errors, etc. As a consequence, you face severe data loss. To overcome this problem, you need to Rebuild Entourage database through a reliable third-party utility.


Let’s assume a practical scenario. When you try to start MS Entourage 2008, you receive the following error message on your screen:

''The Database Daemon has encountered an unknown error. The daemon will need to quit, and Entourage may need to be force quit''


Grounds of the issue:
The primary reason responsible for the above error is corruption of your Entourage database. This may happen due to myriad factors, such as abnormal system shutdown, virus infection, system crash, corrupt installation of Entourage application, and corrupt Entourage identity.

Solution:
To easily overcome the issue and access all precious data saved in the Entourage client, you have to follow the below suggestions:

Rebuild the database by following the given procedure:
1.Quit all the programs.
2.Hold down the options key on the keyboard, and then open Entourage 2008/2004. Do not free up the Option key until you see the database utility window.
3.In the database utility window, choose the database, select Rebuild database, and then click Continue.
4.After completion of the operation, the following message appears on your screen:
''Your database was successfully rebuilt."
5.Select Done. Now, select Quit and start Entourage to see whether the problem is solved.

If the problem still persists, then try to use an updated backup. In case of backup unavailability, you should take help of a proficient third-party Entourage repair tool. These software perform close recovery of any corrupt or damaged Entourage (.rge) file.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery is a professional tool that efficiently repairs corrupt databases of MS Entourage 2004 and 2008. Furthermore, the software is compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger.

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