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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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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So what are you waiting for? Get third party tool for Entourage repair

There are lots of reasons responsible for the inaccessible data of Entourage application. One of the chief reasons is the corruption of Entourage database file. Entourage database file gets corrupt or damaged due to reasons like, unexpected system shutdown, malicious virus, human errors, power outage, etc. The worst effect of Entourage corruption is inaccessibility of Entourage database. Yes, you have heard it right that corruption makes all the Entourage data inaccessible. So, in such situation primary duty becomes to rebuild Entourage database. Corrupt Entourage database can be repaired with the help of an inbuilt tool. In case of unsuccessful results, it is good to opt for third party Entourage database repair software.

Here is an error message that comes up on the screen when an attempt is made to open Entourage application. But, I fail to do so. That error message appears to be like this:

“The Preferences File Could not be opened. The end of file was reached. -39”

Data of the whole Entourage application becomes totally inaccessible. Every time same error message disturbs whenever an attempt is made to open Entourage application.

Cause:

The fundamental cause responsible for the occurrence of above error message is corruption of preference file for your Entourage identity.

Solution:

For solving the above error message, it is good to first delete preference file of current identity and allow Entourage to perform creation of a new one. For doing the same, some steps have to be followed. These steps are:

1. Locate and open the folder that includes the files that make up the problematic identity.

The default path of the identities folders are:

Drive:Documents:Microsoft User Data:Office 2001 Identities:Main Identity

2. Locate the Preferences file in the Identity folder.
3. Select the Preferences file, and then transfer the file to the Trash on the Macintosh Desktop.
4. Restart Desktop.

Enter the user information, password, messaging user name, and server address
settings in the New Account wizard.

If still the problem persists, then it means Entourage database file is badly corrupt. For severely corrupt Entourage database file, the best solution is any reliable third party software. A lot of third party tools are available that repairs the corrupt Entourage database file easily and brings all the data of Entourage objects back to you.

One of the comprehensive tools whose name is Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery is available in market with its easy to use features. It makes the corrupt Entourage database file free from corruption and recovers all the data of Entourage application, such as contacts, attachments, appointments, tasks, journal, events, etc.

The tool is available with its free demo version. Demo version allows you to accomplish two tasks. One is it performs Microsoft Entourage repair and gives you a chance to evaluate more about the features of the product. After full satisfaction, you can invest for a full version of the tool. Well, demo version is same as that of full version. The big difference is that demo version does not permit to save the recovered data, but in full version data can be saved easily.

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How to solve Entourage error: “Microsoft Sync Services has encountered a problem and needs to close...”

In this computer era, it is a known fact that no application is resistant to corruption. The same is true for Microsoft Entourage e-mail client application that stores all your significant data like e-mails, contacts, attachments, and more in a safe database file. This can be speculated by the facts that when you try to access your e-mails, some strange error messages are displayed or sometimes your e-mails do not even open. This may happen due to the occurrence of corruption in Entourage database or in any other file. As a result of corruption, your precious data stored in the corrupted Microsoft Entourage database becomes inaccessible and unusable. In such situations, it is recommended to use a recent and updated backup file to restore your all data at the time of loss.

However, if you have not taken the backup of the Entourage database, or the backup file itself corrupts, then you should use an effective Entourage recovery software to retrieve the data from the corrupted Entourage database.

To illustrate this issue, let’s consider an error message, which is displayed when you perform an operation in Entourage e-mail application:

“Microsoft Sync Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. “

After this error, you become unable to access data contained in Entourage database file.

Cause:
Some of the reasons responsible for the above error are:
• Sync preferences are corrupted.
• The sync cache needs to be cleared.

Damaged or corrupt Entourage database is also responsible for this issue.

Resolution:
Different methods that help you to solve the above error are described below:
A) Disable the Sync Services, If you’re not utilizing Sync Services. Follow the steps below to disable the Sync Services:
1. Open Entourage e-mail application.
2. Go to Preferences.
3. Click Sync Services on the left hand side.
4. Select to clear all boxes then click OK.

B) If you are using Sync Services, go through the following KB article and follow the steps to reset the Microsoft Sync Services: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2484127

However if the Entourage database remains inaccessible and above steps don't exhibit any suitable results, then go for a third party Entourage repair software. The tool repairs the Entourage database very easily and allows you to access your data.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage repair is a MS Entourage database repair tool that enables you to repair damaged or corrupt database files from all instances of corruption. It is able to recover and restore various items Entourage database such as address book, e-mails, attachments, calendar entries, task, sent items folder, meeting notes, etc. It is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger. Also for using this Entourage repair application, there is no need to be a technical savvy. The tool is developed for Microsoft Entourage 2008 and 2004.

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Good to use commercial Entourage Recovery tools, rather than facing complicated errors

Are you facing problems while performing deletion operation on e-mails and unwanted folders? If this is the fact, this occurs when preferences of Entourage database gets corrupt or damaged. Once a Entourage preferences gets corrupt, numerous error messages may come while using Entourage. In short, it makes whole data of Entourage inaccessible. What will you do if some valuable data is contained within it. Problem of data inaccessibility can be overcome with the backup. But backup must be maintained. If backup falls short to recover data, then also there is no need to fret. You have an option of a third party Entourage recovery tools.

To explain the above case, consider a practical scenario, wherein you are using Entourage 2004. While using it, you come across quite abrupt behavior and behavior is that Entourage application gets closed unexpectedly. Number of error messages get received that specifies that there is an issue with the database. In short, Entourage fails to behave properly.

Cause:
Above erroneous situation occurs when the corruption attacks the Entourage preferences. Corruption of preferences makes the whole Entourage application to behave improperly.

Solution:
For solving above error message, first of all restore the preferences file to its default settings. For doing same, follow the below mentioned steps:

1. Close all the MS-Office programs.
2. Point to Go, choose Home.
3. Open the Library and Preferences folder.
4. Search the below mentioned files:
com.microsoft.entourage.plist
com.microsoft.entourage.database_daemon.plist
com.microsoft.entourage.database_utility.plist
com.microsoft.entourage.officenotifications.plist
com.microsoft.entourage.syncservices.plist
5. Transfer any of the above mentioned files to the desktop. If files do not get found, then it means
that the Entourage is not accessing any information that differs from the default preferences.
6. Test MS-Entourage. If the problem is coming, then close Microsoft Entourage. Transfer the file
or files to the main location, and then follow the steps. If the issue gets resolved, then shift the
files into the folder and do not forget to check Entourage after the movement of each file. Close
Entourage after every test before the transfer of next file. Move the problematic file to trash.
7. Close all MS-Office applications.
8. Point to Go, choose Home.
9. Open the Library, Preferences, and Microsoft folder.
10. Search the file com.microsoft.Entourage.prefs.plist.
11. If a file gets found, then move it to the desktop. If a file do not get found, then this means that no information that is differ from default preferences is used by an application.
12. If a file is transferred to the desktop, test MS-Entourage. However, if the problem is still coming, then close MS-Entourage. Insert the file back into the main location, and proceed with the steps. Transfer the file to trash, if problem gets solved.

If no proper results get found, then it is required for you to go for a third party Entourage repair tools.
Ample of software are readily available on Internet. Just make a simple search on it. Google will list you a number of tools whose main function is to perform Entourage data repair. Such tools have read-only designs, well described procedures, and effective recovery abilities.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery is one such tool specially designed for Entourage database repair. Once a repair process is done by this tool, all the data of Entourage objects, such as contacts, appointments, journal, events, tasks, e-mail messages, calendar-items, and notes get easily recovered. It shows compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger.

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Repair and Rebuild Entourage Database Even When Strange Error Message Received

Are you one of those person who is using Microsoft Entourage and getting some terrible error messages ?. MS Entourage is an email application, developed by Microsoft for the users of Macintosh operating system. This email client uses a database to store the significant user's data such as e-mails, contacts, notes, calender entries, attachments, and more. Sometimes, this entourage database may corrupt and like other database, it shows you some strange errors. To work around this corruption problem, you need to go for some Entourage Repair tool.

No matter how advanced email-client you are using, corruption and strange errors are bound to loom your e-mail application. Mac Entourage database is empowered with easy to use, simple and advance features that make it a perfect business email client application.

However, as stated above corruption problems are bound to occur. Consider a situation when you working with your entourage and any of these error message occurred:

• Entourage can not access your data. to attempt to fix the problem, rebuild database.
• Error Corruption Opening Database [-39 ""]
• The action could not be completed. An unknown error (4363) occurred
• Your Office DB is damaged-Do you want to quit MSN Messenger and all Microsoft Office Programs so that the Database Utility can run?
• ERROR: Corruption opening database [16003 ""]
• The Identity cannot be opened with this version of Entourage
• ERROR: Failed to open database [Head]
• Your Office database is damaged. You need to rebuild
• An error occurred while attempting to compact [or rebuild] your database. An I/O error occurred.

Above stated errors are the most common indication of corruption in Entourage database. There are various causes that can lead to corruption situation such as virus infection, improper system shutdown, database header corruption, application malfunction and more. When it occurs, Entourage fails to read the items from database and require a Entourage repair tool to be resolved.

In order to solve these problems, restart your computer system, and then relaunch your Entourage e-mail application. Even after you find the same error there is possibility that your Entourage database is corrupt and you need to rebuild it. Corruption is a serious issue which leads to data loss and you need to repair Entourage database by rebuilding it using inbuilt Database Utility. However, when the extent of corruption is high in Entourage, then Database Utility fails to provide the assured and correct results. In this situation you need to go for some third party Entourage database repair software to fix it.

If you want fast and accurate result, Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair is an absolute solution. This Entourage repair tool assures complete and accurate recovery of e-mails and other users data from Entourage database. Stellar's Microsoft Entourage repair tool recovers e-mail messages, contacts, calendars, tasks, appointments, notes, meeting requests, and more with complete accuracy. Additionally, it also recovers properties of e-mails such as subject, to, from, cc, bcc, time and date. In brief, Stellar Phoenix Entourage repair is an ultimate solution to repair entourage database in all cases of corruption.

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Improve performance of Entourage by Entourage repair products

It often happens, that if by any reason corruption occurs in Entourage, you simply refuse to use it as your e-mail client. Well, it is quite a bad humor. It is a true fact that when corruption ruins any software application, whether it may be your e-mail client, such as Entourage, Outlook Express or some other. Data that resides in it becomes totally unapproachable. By the loss of data, a do-or-die situation arises for you. But there is no need to give up hope. You can rush for a commercial Entourage data repair software for performing successful Entourage repair.

Let's consider a practical example. Suppose, you make an attempt to receive e-mail messages in Microsoft Entourage for Mac. Entourage fails to receive it, additionally it throws an error message that looks same as written below:

“Mail could not be received on account account_name. The domain name servers are not responding.”

Data of Entourage application becomes inaccessible. Entourage cannot be accessed.

Cause:

Above problem occurs when any of the following conditions become true:

• Down or non-operational e-mail server on your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
• Incorrect information of e-mail account.
• Corrupt Entourage identity.

Solution:

For solving above behavior, and to perform Entourage repair. You have to do the following measures:

If the error is due to down or non-operational e-mail server and incorrect e-mail account information, then contact ISP. Your ISP will update you about the status of operational e-mail server and about correct e-mail account settings. If the ISP is not operational, then only ISP will inform you when e-mail server will be operational again. It will also tell you about correct e-mail account settings.

If the Entourage identity is corrupt, then you have to replaced with a new identity file or repaired it.

Moreover, you can also use an inbuilt database utility. But inbuilt utility is not beneficial in the case, if the database is badly damaged. For such cases, a third party Entourage data repair software can be used. Such software are simple and easy to handle. Once you use these software for Entourage recovery. You will not again go for any other method, even you will not think. Such software are developed by a team of experts.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair is a versatile tool that can be relied for getting satisfactory Entourage data repair results. Recovered data is stored in a new RGE file. It is capable to repair Entourage files from any kind of logical corruption. The tool is compatible with operating systems, such Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger. For additional information, you can go through a demo version of the software.

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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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Are You Experiencing Problem in Entourage While Processing Meeting Requests

Are you receiving event id's in an application event log when you work with Entourage application? Entourage provides lots of e-mail features that include calendars, notes list, tasks list, address book, and meeting request. However, at times you get stuck in a problem when you use Entourage application. You cannot use features that Entourage provides to you. Number of reasons are responsible for this. Corrupt Entourage is one of the reasons responsible for it. In such situations, a third party Entourage repair software is helpful to repair Entourage database.

Suppose you use MS-Entourage for Mac to send a meeting request to a resource mailbox of MS-Exchange server. While doing all this you receive an error that shows that meeting request was canceled. In addition to this following event id's will be logged in event log's like this:

"Event Type: Error

Event Source: Auto Accept Agent

Event ID: 4097

Description:

Exception occurred while processing item "file://./backofficestorage/test.com/MBX/test/Inbox/test01.EML". This item will not be processed.

The exception information is:

System.NotSupportedException: Culture "en" is a neutral culture. It cannot be used in formatting and parsing and therefore cannot be set as the thread's current culture.

at System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CheckNeutral(CultureInfo culture)

at System.Globalization.CultureInfo.get_DateTimeFormat()

at System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetFormat(Type formatType)

at System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.GetInstance(IFormatProvider provider)

at System.DateTime.ToString(String format, IFormatProvider provider)

at Microsoft.Exchange.Agents.AutoAccept.EventSink.SendAcceptResponse(IAppointment appt, CdoInstanceTypes instanceType, Boolean isUpdate, CalendarEventCollection cColl, DateTime lastInstanceStartTime, ResponseType response, CultureInfo userCulture)

at Microsoft.Exchange.Agents.AutoAccept.EventSink.ProcessCalendarRequest(String itemUrl, String calMethod, IAppointment incomingAppt, IAppointment inStoreAppt, CdoInstanceTypes instanceType, String calLoc, String sDeletedItemsFolder)

This event log is generated even the meeting request was generated.

Root of the issue:

Possible cause for the occurrence of above problem is that your MS-Entourage for Mac fails to send correct location information to Exchange server 2003. That is why Exchange server declines the meeting request. Corrupt Entourage is also one of the reason responsible for the occurrence of above event log.

Solution:

To solve above problem, Microsoft provides a supported hotfix. For using this hotfix it is important to install MS-Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) in your system. But if corrupt Entourage is the reason for the occurrence of the above problem, try to repair Entourage with the help of a third party Entourage database repair software.

Third party Entourage repair products are easily available in the market. Just make a simple search on the Internet. You will get number of software that rebuild Entourage database in a few mouse clicks. Do not get confused while selecting a software. Select a software according to your requirements. Download a demo version of the software, if available. No extra technical skill is needed for using this software for recovering data.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair is an effective tool used to rebuild Entourage database and help you access mail-objects, such as contacts, appointments, tasks, journals, and other similar features. This tool is read-only and non-destructive in nature. The tool repairs Entourage files created with MS-Entourage 2008 and 2004. It shows compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger.

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How To Fix Crash Problem of Mac Entourage after 12.2.7 Update ?

Are you trying to update your Microsoft Entourage with the latest version 12.2.7, recently released by Microsoft for the Mac users of its office ?. Do the updation process fail to complete their operation on Entourage database ?. Are you getting crashing problem during the updation process? . Microsoft has released this version to solve the issues of previous version and to provide the more functionality with improved performance of the application. Even so, this update causes some problems and leads to entourage crash. This behaviour of MS entourage database renders all your precious data inaccessible and leads to critical data loss situation. To solve this issue, you need to opt for some Entourage recovery solution.

As a practicle scenario of this issue, you may come across the error message as mentioned below when you attempt to update your entourage:

“Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0 Error Signature: Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS Date/Time: 2010-10-14 13:58:26 -0400 Application Name: Microsoft Entourage Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Entourage Application Signature: OPIM Application Version: 12.2.7.100910 Crashed Module Name: unknown Crashed Module Version: unknown Crashed Module Offset: unknown Blame Module Name: Microsoft Entourage Blame Module Version: 12.2.7.100910 Blame Module Offset: 003ffd97 Application LCID: 1033 Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409 Crashed thread: 0”

You can not access your data after the above error and if you try to access your significant data from Entourage database, it will generate the same message.

Solution

In order to fix this update problem in Microsoft Entourage, there are following options:

1) Reinstall Microsoft Office.

2) Install MS Entourage 12.2.6 again. You can roll back to the 12.2.6 also that is very simple and can be performed by just installing the earlier version.

3) Use an advanced third party Mac Entourage Recovery utility such as Stellar Phoenix Entourage Recovery software.

However, In situation of application crash or damage your data due to malfunction, rollback option may not help you to recover items from Microsoft entourage database. All your precious data remain inaccessible and it becomes need to go for some Entourage database recovery solution.

Stellar Entourage recovery software is the most efficient and comprehensive utility and particularly designed to extensively scan entire entourage Identity and extract all corrupt or damaged data. This advanced Mac Entourage recovery software retrieve data and save it into a new RGE file that you can simply import to your account. Stellar Phoenix Entourage recovery tool is highly interactive and user friendly in nature that ensure safe and secure entourage data recovery.

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• How to deal with Problems Related to Microsoft Entourage Database

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Repair Entourage Database

Similar to other computer databases, MS Entourage also run through corruption for many reasons and lead to data loss situation. In corruption cases, Entourage data can not be accessed, and you encounter problems critical data loss. Corrupted Entourage database can be identified by a number of error messages. MAC Entourage database might be damaged due to database structure corruption, virus infection, improper system shutdown and much more yet. After database corruption, Entourage mail client can not extract information from the entourage database. In this case, try to repair the entourage database with this amazing Entourage Repair software.

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How to Solve Entoruage Database Corruption Problem ?

MS Entourage is a part of Microsoft Office and works as an e-mail client for Mac OS X. Unlike the other email client applications, Entourage provides a number of features like e-mail messages, a calendar, notes, address book, task and project manager for MAC users.

Mac entourage puts in all information in a database that helps you to easily manage all your personal as well as business information like contacts, emails, calender entries, schedules, notes and other items. Consider a situation when entourage database may get corrupted or damaged due to any reason and you are unable to access your precious data. In such cases Entourage may shows some unwanted error messages on the screen and It becomes necessary to repair entourage database by an entourage repair utility. The Entourage includes a Database Utility that can help you repair Entourage database in some cases of corruption. Third-party Entourage Database Repair tool like Stellar Entourage Recovery sort out the corruption behavior in all cases.

For More information visit at: http://www.stellarentouragerecovery.com/

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The New Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair 1.1 now supports upgraded version of MS Entourage 2008

Stellar Information Systems Ltd, Gurgaon, one of the world's leading providers of data recovery software and services, today announces a major upgrade to Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair, the world's first utility which supports repairing of corrupt Entourage databases (RGE files).

The innovative application now facilitates better recovery of damaged Entourage 2004 databases, along with support for upgraded version of Entourage 2008 databases. Integrating Entourage-like interface, this application is quite easy on hands and assists you in rebuilding corrupt or damaged Entourage databases whilst recovering all components including e-mails, calendars, notes, tasks etc.

Compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger, the amended version of Entourage repair software is also proficient in recovering lost folders and mails. The software's demo version provides a preview of recoverable data including address book, contacts, tasks and more.

"We were endeavoring to incorporate more features to our unique Entourage repair software, and the release of Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair v1.1 offers it’s all including support for upgraded version of Entourage 2008 and recovery of lost folders and mails," said Sunil Chandna, CEO, Stellar Information Systems Ltd.

"Our keen focus coupled with our commitment lead us to develop user-friendly and highly beneficial applications, and this new release for Entourage is no exception," he winded up.

Key Features - Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair 1.1

* Supports upgraded version of MS Entourage 2008
* Supports better recovery of Entourage 2004 databases
* Facilitates recovery of lost folders and e-mails
* Provides preview of e-mails, calendar, address books, tasks, notes etc
* Provides log report of the complete repair process
* Compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger
* Risk-free application maintains data integrity
* Simple, interactive, and Entourage-like user interface

About Availability

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair 1.1 is available in three license options including Single User, Administrator and Technician.

About Stellar Information

Stellar Information Systems Limited (established since 1993) is the leading creators and providers of advanced data recovery software and data recovery services. Holding direct presence in USA, Europe and Asia, Stellar is a name that is trusted for finest solutions to recover lost and inaccessible data. For more information on the product refer to the company's website www.stellarinfo.com and the official product micro-site www.entourage-repair.com

Contact Information :
For more information and product purchase options:
Call : 1-877-778-6083 (TOLL FREE)
Mailto: orders@stellarinfo.com.
Web Address- http://www.entourage-repair.com

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