Calendar Not Syncing - Windows XP and Outlook

Here is an article from the apple support website that might help out.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1692

Most of the article you have done.
However, try syncing in a new login account.
If it syncs in a new login account, you might need to repair your .pst file.

Hope this helps.

This is ridiculous that you have to go through all of that. If Google calendar can sync, why iSh1t can not?
I was not able to sync forever, and I do not intend to go all the way to sync to google and back...
Apple should fix this problem or they should stop selling iCrap...

I was having very intermittent success syncing to my work PC the first few days I've had my iPhone. But it has worked flawlessly today after I removed some programs that were associated with Outlook. The thing is that these app's did not appear in the 3rd party list that you see within Outlook when you follow Apple's instructions.

These are what I removed/disabled:
* Nortel Call Pilot
* WebEx
* CardScan

Hope this helps.

I have about had it. I have tried everything recommended. "outlooksyncclient" runs away even if I sync "nothing" - no calendar or contacts. Also, my calendar won't sync at all (contacts seems to be fine).

If this is really supposed to be supported (itunes 8.0.1.11 / Outlook 2003 / itouch 2.1.1) then Apple has some serious problems.

Has anyone from Apple Support responded? Is this working for anyone?

If I can't get this to work reliably I am going to return the touch 2.

Sorry about rambling but I am very frustrated and I have wasted hours.

It sounds time consuming, but I'm willing to try (as I have no calendar backup right now). Can you explain step by step how I can sync to google calendar and then sync my iphone calendar? I, too, lost syncing ability with the latest update Sept 12th. Much, much appreciated;-))
~Tracey

I have the same problem.

Ever since I upgraded to iTunes 8 my Airport Express has disappeared from the screen and was not detected ever since. Also my Outlook 2003 calendar stopped syncing. The stupid self help steps on the apple support site did (of course) not help. Are there actually any Apple programmers or support staff reading all these complaints? I haven't seen a single helpful post for this problem - nothing, nada, nix! And there are quite some complaints about this problem out there!

With the previous versions of iTunes everything worked fine and I regularly synced my iPhone 3G and played music through Airtunes. Now I spend hours on the net looking for help.

Is it a problem of the itunesoutlookaddin.dll file??? I don't know. The only thing I know is that iTunes does not find the calendar anymore. In the iTunes synchronisation window it does not show my calendar anymore. You can choose the option "Outlook" but it doesn't show my specific calendar. I can only click the option "All Calendars" - but without any result. At the same time it shows my Outlook mail account correctly.

It's very frustrating, especially because my Nokia syncs without a single hickup - it just works...

On Saturday, I went to the Apple store in Palo Alto. I was able to speak with one of the Geniuses. Unfortunately, he was only a “genius” in job title. He gave me a new iTouch to see if it was a hardware problem. He also told me to bring in my desktop xp machine and he would help troubleshoot the issue. I was gracious and thanked him.

I spent a bunch of time looking at every recurring appointment in my calendar for errors. Found and corrected a few and it still didn’t sink. If I can’t get it to work by this weekend, I am going to return it. There are others people where I work having the same or similar issues. Due to these issues, we will not be supporting iPhones or iTouch devices since they are NOT business ready.

IMO, it is a nice toy and good for music, photos, podcasts, youtube, etc. but not for any real business needs or work. My old Palm never failed me but finally wore out (Tungsten f). My guess is next that week, I will be looking at new Palms.

The only advice I have is try not to waste too much time not getting it to work …life it too short.

Steve, did you consider taking the Apple guy up on his offer to troubleshoot your desktop PC? Might be worth the hassle.

I too was an unhappy iPhone owner for the first 2 days when I couldn't get the thing to sync consistently with my work PC. But I kept seeing mention of application conflicts from Apple & others. After removing a few non-critical Outlook-related apps. things have worked 100% reliably for the last week. (Hopefully this statement doesn't jinx me. :-))

As a previous Windows Mobile user I can tell you that even an all-Microsoft solution isn't without it's problems. My old Palm Pilot was a different story. Now those were the days.....

Do you remember what "non-critical" apps you removed? All I am looking for is a few good hints. I am willing to try anything to get it to work. It would be nice if there were some log files or error messages. - thanks

Steve, these are the ones that resolved it for me. I can't say which was the guilty party.

Nortel Call Pilot
WebEx
CardScan

The funny thing is that while I know they all have hooks into Outlook, none of them showed up in the Add-ons list that you can view within Outlook. I wish you luck.

After another 3 hours, I got it to work! I am not really sure which one of the things did the magic.

1. I synced my calendar and contacts on Plaxo.
2. I deleted all the appointments and contacts
3. I ran scanpst.exe a few times until there were no errors
4. Tried syncing one appointment to make sure it works
5. I downloaded my contacts and calendar from Plaxo
6. I ran scanpst.exe (again) a few times until there were no errors

All seems to be working. Outlooksyncclient winds itself back down; appointments and contacts sync.

I won't really declare victory until it works consistently for a couple of weeks.