I installed a software update on my Macbook Pro for Microsoft Office for Mac v. 2011. When I try to open Outlook for Mac I now get the following message - " An older version of the Microsoft Database Daemon is running. To open Outlook, first delete the daemon from the Startup Items, and then restart the computer. For more information, see MC OS Help."
What does this mean and how to I proceed or get past this?
Thanks,
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
Open up Users & Groups in System Preferences. Select your account and Login Items. Select the Microsoft application in the list and delete it (click the "-" sign at the bottom of the list menu). You can either use Activity Monitor to quit the application or restart.
Does it hurt anything to delete the microsoft database daemon from startup? Also one other item in my startup is HP Scheduler. I've removed all other startup items. Will removing HP scheduler hurt anything?
Thanks..
It won't hurt anything to delete MDDameon from the startup items, but it will quit some of the functionality.
http://www.office.mvps.org/glossary/daemon.html
Just deleting from startup may not be enough. It will probably just create a new one if you have notifications or reminders turned on. You will need to turn those off.
Same with HP Schedular. I don't use that either and it's not in my startup items.
Microsoft Database Daemon?
