Outlook takes 136 years to sync email

[froggyboy604]

Microsoft has again found itself at the heart of a time-related SNAFU.

The software behemoth has previously tried to assume control of the fourth dimension by turning the clocks back a week early, and turning the clocks forward a few thousand years to release its new operating system Windows Vista.

This time around its Outlook email system is taking an extraordinary amount of time to sync to other email systems. As reader Jonathan Lunt explains:

While syncing outlook to our corporate email system I was rather shocked to see the "status" window informing be there was 1193046 hours remaining for the sync to complete. Thats, erm, 136 years (give or take a few days). Is this a record?

Outlook_sync_progress

We're not sure - we'll have to wait till we try and install Vista.

Seems like Microsoft users are going to have to learn to be veeery patient. ®

S: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/10 ... _progress/

lol that computer probably be broken by then or the owner will be dead by then, or one of the oldest person on earth. lol

[SetoTK]

But theres so many variables that an affect this, it silly,
the fact he's using MS Exchange, is one thing, also using Vista *gag*

Vista will require 3-4 times Win XP's required hardware spec,

to even run at any real speed, Vista will also require more hard drive space,

I wouldn't run Vista on anything less that a £1,000 self built PC,

tested the beta's and they are, whats the word oh yea SLOW