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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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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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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Safely overcome Entourage database corruption through professional third-party tools

MS Entourage was a part of Microsoft Office for Mac and had its roots in Outlook Express 5 on the Mac. It creates a separate identity for each user account and uses preference files to store account settings. However, the preference file may occasionally get corrupt or damaged. This may cause your application to crash unexpectedly. Moreover, you receive a series of errors while starting Entourage. This may also cause corruption of your Entourage database (.rge file). As a consequence, you are unable to receive emails and access important contacts, appointments, etc. To overcome this problem, you need to go for Entourage database repair through a reliable third-party utility.


Let us study some error messages that are displayed at the time of initialization of Entourage e-mail application. These error messages are as follows:

''An error has occurred. Unexpected end of file.''

''Memory is full.''

''An unknown error 4359 occurred.''

''The end of file was reached.''


Cause:
The primary reason responsible for the above errors is corruption of the preference file for the currently selected entity.

Solution:
For resolving the issue, simply try to rebuild the Identity Preferences File by following the given steps:
1.Close Entourage, if it is presently running. Search the preferences file in the currently active identity.
2.Move this file to 'Trash' on the Macintosh Desktop.
3.Restart the Entourage e-mail application.
If you are still facing issues after rebuilding the preferences file, then follow the below mentioned approach in a same order as given below:
Rebuild your Entourage database.
Delete the Entourage application preferences file.
At last, delete and rebuild the Macintosh Desktop. To do this, hold down the OPTION and COMMAND keys and restart the system. Select 'OK' when you are asked to rebuild the desktop.
If the problem still persists, you should take help of a proficient third-party Entourage repair tool. These tools use a multitude of robust and extremely safe mechanisms to repair and restore damaged Entourage (.RGE) files.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery is a reliable tool that easily performs Entourage data recovery to restore all vital objects, such as emails, contacts, attachments, appointments, journal, tasks, events, and notes. The software is specifically designed for MS-Entourage 2008 and 2004. It displays preview of recoverable messages in a three-pane structure resembling MS Entourage. Furthermore, the competent 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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Troubleshooting Microsoft Entourage Error 4362

Mac users rely on Microsoft Entourage for handling their emails, calendar, tasks, contacts, notes, appointments etc. as their personal information manager. Entourage 2008, the latest version of Microsoft Entourage was released on January 2008. Though Entourage falls in the league of the most popularly deployed email clients across the globe, it has not been spared from the wrath of database corruption.

Application malfunction, virus or Trojan attacks, improper system shutdown due to power failure and missing identity are some of the commonplace causes of Entourage database corruption. A common error message that Entourage users bump across is:

“The Office database is damaged.

Entourage cannot access your data, to attempt to fix the problem, rebuild database.

The action could not be completed. An unknown error (4362) occurred.”

Entourage database corruption is a serious issue that if not handled prudently, can lead to severe loss of data. There is a way to resolve the aforementioned error message by following these steps:

1) Rebuilding Entourage Database

In order to rebuild Entourage Database quit all the applications that are ruuning. Press down the Options (alt) key on the keyboard and then launch Entourage. The 'Database Utility' window comes up. Select the database you want to rebuild, then click on 'Rebuild Database -> Continue'. Once you are done, click 'Quit'. If this doesn't help, move to second step.

2) Creating new Microsoft User Data Folder

Exit all Office applications and move the following Microsoft user data folder to a network location:

HD/Users/USER_NAME/Documents

Start Entourage. A new Microsoft user data folder and a new IDENTITY_NAME folder is automatically created here:

HD/Users/USER_NAME/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2008 Identities

Exit Entourage. Rename the database file from the following folder:

HD/Users/USER_NAME/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2008 Identities/IDENTITY_NAME

Copy the moved database file to the new IDENTITY_NAME folder that was automatically created.

If the above resolve does not help, try to repair the permissions of Mac hard drive or create a new user account. If all of these methods prove futile, it becomes requisite to devoir a third party Entourage Repair software.

A trusted solution for Entourage Database Repair is “Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery”. A dexterous utility for Entourage Repair, this powerful software restores all the RGE file components such as emails, notes, contacts etc. successfully. Prior to the actual recovery, this efficacious tool shows a preview of the recoverable items in a tree-view structure. This 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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How to Resolve Office Database Damages Error in Entourage

Microsoft Entourage is one of the widely used e-mail application used by the users of Macintosh operating system. While using Entourage application, some unexpected errors may occur that halt your work and you become incapable to access your data from the Entourage database. Most of these errors occur due to some corruption problem in database.

Let's consider a practical scenario wherein you are trying to send/receive or delete an e-mail message, but the operation fails with one of the following error message.  

“Entourage can not access your data, to attempt to fix the problem, rebuild the database.”
“The Office Database is damaged.”
“The action could not be completed. An unknown error (4362) occurred.”

Occurrence of any of the above error messages illustrates that Entourage database or your identity is damaged due to corruption or any other reasons. The common causes behind the database corruption are:

• Improper Entourage application or system termination.
• Application malfunction.
• Malicious virus attacks.
• Database header corruption.

In order to rectify this issue, you need to rebuild Entourage database. For step by step guide on how to rebuild entourage database refer: http://jennylembert.hubpages.com/hub/Rebuild-Entourage-Database-to-Resolve-Entourage-Errors

If Entourage database rebuilding process does not resolve the problem, follow the below mentioned steps:

• Create new user identity in Entourage.
• Replace the old Microsoft user data folder with the newly created data folder.
• Use Disk Utility to repair the Mac OS hard drive permission.
• Create a new account for Entourage user
• Restore damaged database from the updated and clean backup.

If above said steps fail to resolve the issue and you still can not access your items from Entourage database. It indicates that database get corrupted at higher level and the built-in tool is not able to recover it. In this case you need to opt for a third party Entourage database repair tools. These tools are especially designed to repair Entourage database from any instance of corruption. As of now, Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery is the only tool available in the world to perform the Entourage repair task. This tool is very easy to use and supports Microsoft Entourage 2008 and 2004.

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How to Fix Entourage Error "Your Offline Database is Damaged"

Entourage is an email client and personal information manager for MAC operating systems, developed by Microsoft and is part of Microsoft Office suite. Entourage facilitates users to access and organize emails, notes, tasks, journals, calendar entries etc. It can also be used to access Exchange Server accounts.

Like any other application Microsoft Entourage also have some errors that may halt you while working. Some of these errors may cause data loss and you have to look for entourage repair.

Let's consider a practical scenario where in you get an error message while starting the Entourage application or attempting to view email messages from it. And the error message you got is

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

This error may occur even if you are not using MSN messenger. The main reason behind this error message is damaged Entourage Database. The Entourage Database may get damaged due to various reasons like virus attacks, Entourage Application malfunctioning, improper Entourage or system shutdown, damages file header etc.

Resolution: To resolve this issue follow the below mentioned process:

Before starting Entourage close all applications. Follow below steps to close all applications.

• Click Apple in the Finder
• Click Force Quit.

If the issue persists you need to rebuild the entourage database. To know step by step procedure of rebuilding Entourage Database follow the Microsoft Knowledge Base article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268322

If the steps mentioned in the knowledge base fails to resolve the issue then you need to recover entourage database using third party entourage recovery tool. There is only one such tool available to repair entourage database and that is Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery. This tool is easy to use and able to recover all mailbox components like mails, contacts, tasks. Calendar entries etc. from RGE file. This tool supports Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger.  And is compatible with Microsoft Entourage 2008 & 2004.

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Recovering Entourage data now became easy with Entourage Recovery Software

In Macintosh Operating System, Microsoft Entourage database is the single file that stores your e-mail messages, contacts, attachments, notes, tasks, calender entries, projects and other important data. MS Entourage database files are no different from other and therefore, it also faces the heat of corruption and data loss. There can be many reasons for the corruption like virus attack, identity corruption, abrupt system shut down, hardware failure, invalid file header, and internal program errors, etc. When the Mac Entourage database gets corrupt or damaged due to various reasons, it indicates some unexpected error messages like:

• "An error occurred while launching. An error has occurred (-50)"
• "An error occurred while launching. A read/write error has occurred [-40] "
• "An error occurred while attempting to rebuild your database"
• ERROR: Failed to open database [Head]
• "Entourage cannot access your data. To attempt to fix the problem, rebuild your database"
• "Your Office database is damaged"
• "Entourage cannot access your data, rebuild database"
• "Database Daemon Fatal Error"
• "This Identity cannot be opened with this version of Entourage"
• "The action could not be completed. An unknown error (4362) occurred"
• ERROR: Corruption opening database [16003:""]

Whatever be the reason for MS Entourage database corruption or damage, it leaves you in strenuous and dreadful situation. Complete Entourage data comprising user’s personal information, e-mail messages, contacts, attachments, meeting schedules, notes, tasks, and calender entries etc. are no more accessible. Thus database corruption issue may halt the smooth working of entire organization.

Before 2010, there was no third party utility available in the market to solve the corruption or lost data situation in MS Entourage and the users had to suffered from the loss of important data in case of inbuilt database utility unable to work .

But, now corrupted entourage database is no more unresolved situation because Stellar Information Systems Ltd has developed a Entourage database recovery software to solve the any corruption or damage situation of entourage database. This MS Entourage recovery software effectively scan the entire database and recover all items. The process of recovering and rebuilding entourage database is very fast and no special skill is required for using the software as it has been designed with interactive graphical user interface.

Before buying this Entourage Recovery tool, you should evaluate its trial version for data consistency and integrity. If the Microsoft Entourage recovery software recovers the data but does not maintain data consistency and data integrity then it is not worthy. You should check that whether the tool supports your entourage version in which the corruption occurred. It is most suitable and cost-effective Entourage recovery software to rebuild entourage database, and get all of your data back.

Note: Free to evaluate trial version of Entourage Repair software lets the user recovers corrupt or damaged entourage data. However, full version is required to restore or save the recovered MS entourage items.

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Entourage Database Repair - Microsoft Entourage Repair

In the modern computer era, E-mail is the need of every computer user, including home and professional user. Microsoft Entourage is an E mail client, developed by Microsoft to for Mac suite of products. The latest version of Entourage Email client is Microsoft Entourage 2008 that is part of the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.

Entourage account stores all your valuable emails, notes, contacts, tasks, journal, calendar entries, attachments, and appointments in a single database. You should backup the database to prevent loss in database corruption situation and need of Entourage database repair solutions. The backup is stored in RGE file and can be imported to MS Entourage, whenever required.

There are various factors that can lead to Entourage database corruption and put you in need of Entourage repair software to repair the database.

Some common factors are as given below that may affect your entourage database:

* Virus attack
* Database header corruption
* Application or software malfunction
* Database Identity corruption
* Database structure corruption
* Improper system shutdown
* User errors

Note: It is true that Mac OS is not as prone to malware. It is only true in case If you never connect your Mac to the Internet but if you do use the Internet, virus attack is possible.

Macintosh Entourage database corruption is generally indicated by various error messages besides the followings:

* "Database corrupt, need to rebuild"
* “The Preferences File Could not be opened. The end of file was reached. -39”
* Error 4359 : An error has occurred. Unexpected end of file. Memory is full. An unknown error 4359 occurred.
* Error 16999 - The POP Server Returned an Unexpected Reply (16999) Error Message and You Cannot Receive E-mail
* Error – 34: disk is full... (do not have the exact text description)
* "Block ID x has an unknown checksum" error
* "Your Office database is damaged"
* Receive I/O error when I try to rebuild
* "an error occurred while trying to rebuild your database"
* “End of File...” Error

When confront with such kind of errors, you may use an inbuilt Entourage repair utility which verifies database integrity, compacts the database, rebuilds corrupt database, and sets Microsoft Entourage database preferences.

In case, fail to perform Microsoft Entourage repair using this utility, you may opt for third-party Entourage database recovery software like Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery tool. This is the world's first entourage recovery application that particularly designed to thoroughly scan entire database and extract all your precious data from it.

Source: http://www.entourage-repair.com/

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