Thanks for the discouraging but reinforcing words! I have gone back to ACT,
which I have used for about 15 years!
I am frustrated withthem becuase ACT 2007 does not work with Office 2007
YET! But, I know it!
A company named Pinpoint has a book out and swears by BCM. But I swear at
IT! I did not find the format or operation to be intuitive or friendly!
Finally I lost my C drive on a one year old HP on an Internatinal trip..I
spent almost 1K to get 98% of my data back plus two weeks of lost time..I
wondered if the failing drive had anything to do with the slow performance.
When I landed from the trip on my way home from the airport I bought the
most expensive HP notebook to get back in business..with Vista..well, I like
Vista but so many companies do not have new drivers. I also have some
gremlins, probably because of some of my add-ins. OH WELL. Like a wife but
cheaper to get rid of!!
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Tom R HP Pavilion 800T 2 dual core [ at ] 2.1 Gz, 2 gigs ram
"Bob Heiney" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Tom,
>
> I switched to BCM 2007/Outlook a few weeks ago based on the promises from MS
> that this was a good application. Like many hopeful purchasers, I bought into
> the slick marketing that promised one platform for contact management. In the
> 2-3 weeks I have used this app, I have easily spent the majority of my user
> time trying to keep BCM/Outlook 2007 operating.
>
> Crashes, error messages, slow performance, & low functionality are the norm.
> Purchase a few add-ins and your BCM/Outlook 2007 application may not run at
> all. My recommendation is to never purchase MS products again without
> throughly researching their capablities and reliability.
>
> Well, I am now ready to raise the white flag and move back to my old ($59)
> Contact Manager. While it is less sophisticated it is actually more funtional
> and stable.
>
> Good luck,
> Bob
>
> ps: My BCM/Outlook 2007 application is dead in the water. It will not run.
> So how will I get my work done?.....
>
> "Tom R" wrote:
>
> > I have spen several hours with MS tech suport trying to fix the slow BCm and
> > Outlook 2007 crashing. I was trying to convert from the latest Act to BCM.
> >
> > BCM would not search, and ourlook would have to check the database everytime
> > I open outlook.
> >
> > I updated the SQL. When I asked the MS tech about buying sql 2007, he said
> > it was bulkerer and probably slower.
> >
> > I have removed BCM and returned to ACT for now. My computer seems to be in
> > the relatively same speed range as before installing the complete Office 2007
> > Small Business Suite.
> >
> > Any similar experience?
> > --
> > Tom R HP Pavilion 800T 2 dual core [ at ] 2.1 Gz, 2 gigs ram
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