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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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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How to Fix “Your Office database is damaged..” Entourage Error?

Microsoft Entourage is a popular and widely used Email client for Mac OS X users. It is a part of Microsoft Office for Mac suite. The application lets you send, receive, and manage your valuable emails, contacts, tasks, notes, and appointments. MS Entourage stores all your precious data in a database. Under some circumstances, your Entourage database may get damaged and you cannot access data from it. This behavior causes serious data loss and put you in need of Entourage Repair solutions.

When you start Microsoft Entourage application or try to access emails from it, you may come across the below error message:

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

Subsequent to that, you encounter further error message, which resembles the following:

“The action could not be completed. An unknown error (4363) occurred.”

You run across these errors most frequently when you try to open an email or delete any item from Entourage database. It occurs even if you are not using MSN messenger and renders all your precious Entourage database objects inaccessible. In order to gain access of Entourage database objects, you must find out the cause of this behavior and perform MS Entourage repair by resolving it.

Root of the problem:

This behavior of Microsoft Entourage application occurs due to corruption to Entourage database. Corruption can be the outcome of a plenty of reasons, including virus infection, application malfunction, improper system shutdown, file header corruption, and missing Identity.

Solution:

To sort out this problem, you are required to use Database Utility to rebuild the Entourage database. It gives you an option to select affected database and fix the problem. Using this tool, you can perform the following operations:


1. Verify database integrity
2. Compact Microsoft Entourage database.
3. Rebuild the database to repair it.
4. Set database preferences.

If rebuilding the Entourage database cannot fix the issue, you need to repair and restore it using powerful and effective third-party applications, known as Entourage repair software.

The Entourage database repair tools are capable of thoroughly scanning entire Entourage database and extract all inaccessible data from it. They do not demand sound and prior technical skills for entourage recovery as of their self-descriptive graphical user interface.

Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair is the first Entourage repair software ever made, which effectively handles all Entourage database corruption scenarios. It works well with Microsoft Entourage 2008 and 2004. The Microsoft Entourage Repair Tool restores all database objects, including emails, notes, tasks, contacts, journal, attachments, and appointments.

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