AKICILJ/DW: Microsoft Outlook "offline address books"
It just took Microsoft Outlook the better part of two hours to shut down; it said it was decompressing offline address books.
Does anyone know what causes this, and whether it's safe to cancel the process?
I use Office 2003 on Windows XP. (I will eventually screw up my courage and upgrade to Windows 7 and Office 2010 "for the better SharePoint integration", but that's not something I'm really looking forward to, even though I have a new laptop on which to do so.)
Possibly related: This morning before work, I did use the Web Access to the Exchange server, but on the other hand, I'm pretty sure I shut down Outlook before I went to lunch. Is that likely to be related?
Also, please note: I am required by my employer to use MS Office. Suggestions involving using different software will be relatively unhelpful.
Does anyone know what causes this, and whether it's safe to cancel the process?
I use Office 2003 on Windows XP. (I will eventually screw up my courage and upgrade to Windows 7 and Office 2010 "for the better SharePoint integration", but that's not something I'm really looking forward to, even though I have a new laptop on which to do so.)
Possibly related: This morning before work, I did use the Web Access to the Exchange server, but on the other hand, I'm pretty sure I shut down Outlook before I went to lunch. Is that likely to be related?
Also, please note: I am required by my employer to use MS Office. Suggestions involving using different software will be relatively unhelpful.