OutBack Plus - News

OBP8 - Update - April 10, 2012

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:51:50 -0400

» In rare cases, the passwords used when saving a backup file would become corrupted. This has been fixed.

OBP8 - Update - April 6, 2012

Fri, 6 Apr 2012 12:14:06 -0400

» The backup scheduling interface has been enhanced to allow disabling of a task to temporarily suspend the schedule.

» A "Reboot" option has been added to the scheduled jobs setup.

»OBP8 has been updated to operate more gracefully on machines where the Windows Scheduler is non functional.

Outback Plus 8 - Public Release - March 27, 2012

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:01:25 -0400

» The OBP7 program was modified to support Firefox 11.

» This final release of OBP7 is version 7.0.20

» OutBack Plus 8 is now available. See the What's New page for more...

OBP7 - Update - Feb 24, 2012

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:03:45 -0400

» The program was modified to support Firefox 10.

OBP7 - Update - Dec 30, 2011

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:02:59 -0400

» The program was modified to support Firefox 9.

OBP7 - Update - Nov 15, 2011

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:12:42 -0500

» The program was modified to support Firefox 8.

OBP7 - Update - Oct 6, 2011

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 13:44:22 -0500

» The program was modified to support Firefox 7.

OBP7 - Update - Aug 28, 2011

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:43:20 -0500

» The program was modified to support Firefox 6.

OBP7 - Update - June 29, 2011

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:40:05 -0500

» The program was modified to support additional items for Firefox 5.

» The program was modified to improve the program "close" logic (to allow unattended backups).

OBP7 - Update - May 26, 2011

Thu, 26 May 2011 13:38:50 -0500

» The program was modified to correct a problem with the save of the Office 2010 custom dictionary items.

» The program was updated to save and restore the Outlook 2010 email account junk mail settings.

OBP7 - Update - February 20, 2011

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:37:40 -0500

» The OBP7 Help documentation has been updated to provide additional information on email accounts in Outlook 2010.

» OBP7 was updated to work better with Firefox 4.

OBP7 - Update - January 5, 2011

Wed, 5 Jan 2011 13:36:34 -0500

» OBP7 has been updated to improve reliability when working with very large PST files.

OBP7 - Update - September 19, 2010

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:32:25 -0500

» OBP7 has been updated to cure a problem on Windows 7 - 64 bit systems when used in conjunction with the AJS Open File Manager.

OBP7 - Update - September 2, 2010

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:32:25 -0500

» The program has been modified to make it easier to use the Import and Search type restores for Outlook 2010 users.

» The restore of email accounts to machines running Outlook 2100 will no longer be available. This limitation may be lifted in future.

» Under rare cases, an erroneous message could be issued when doing the Import or Search type restore after the restore was complete. The message had no effect on the operation of the program. It has been fixed.

OBP7 - Update - July 24, 2010

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:29:19 -0500

» The Options settings has been improved for use by keyboard only (i.e. without a mouse).

» The Firefox backup module was updated to include more data specific to Firefox 3.5 and up.

» A few minor cosmetic changes were made to improve usability.

» The program has been updated to work with the "Click-To-Run" versions of Outlook (Office) 2010.

» Under rare conditions, an erroneous error message would be issued while creating a custom backup group. This has been fixed.

OBP7 - Update - May 24, 2010

Mon, 24 May 2010 13:27:49 -0500

» In rare cases, files saved with a custom backup group would fail to restore. This has been fixed.

OBP7 - Update - April 25, 2010

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:25:30 -0500

» On systems running the release version of Outlook 2010, a "View File" button would be shown on restore when inappropriate. This has been fixed.

OBP7 - Update - April 9, 2010

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 13:23:00 -0500

» When doing a restore, the number of bytes to be restored is now shown (for information purposes).

» On XP systems only, the save of "My Documents" would also include "My Videos" (contrary to the documentation). This has been corrected.

» In rare cases, an "access violation" would occur while modifying the "job" parameters"". This has been corrected.

OBP7 - Update - January 8, 2010

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:02:21 -0500

» On some systems, the Outlook Business Contact Manager data base could not be saved. This has been corrected.

» In rare cases, a backup of "My Documents", on XP systems only, would result in fewer items saved than expected. This has been corrected.

OBP7 - Update - September 11, 2009

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:43:51 -0400

» On a very few systems, the program would fail to start due to a NetBios error. This has been corrected.

» On a very few systems, the "Options" segment of the "Live Update" was not available. This has been corrected.

OBP7 - Update - July 30, 2009

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:40:44 -0400

» The option to show the backup logs only when there was an error did not work as expected. This has been corrected.

» One minor change was made to improve reliability.

OutBack Plus 7 - initial release - June 15, 2009

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:40:33 -0400

OutBack Plus 7 is a major upgrade of OutBack Plus.

OutBack Plus, the original Microsoft Outlook backup utility, was initially released for public use in 1998. It has been continuously updated to meet the changing demands brought about by new releases of Outlook and Windows.

OutBack Plus 7.0 was released after extensive beta testing on June 15, 2009.

See the OBP 7 Details page for more information.

OutBack Plus 6 - Detailed Update Notes

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:23:12 -0400

OutBack Plus 6 was initially released in July 2006.

The detailed update notes for OutBack Plus 6 are available here.