Outlook to iCloud, a horrible experience!!

I was so looking forward to iCloud for an efficient syncing of my Outlook (Win7 + Outlook2010), my iPhone and my iPad. I inmediately panicked when I realized that the process entailed actually moving all my contacts and my calendar entries from the Outlook in my PC to the iCloud, deleting my Calendar and Contact files, and then moving new files labeled iCloud back to my PC. The end result was disaster:
1. Contact entries that i had carefully curated and catalogued (2413) over years were altered.
2. Over 12 years of Calendar entries were completely messed up, especially as related to different time zones, categories and repeating events. Events created by invites that were deleted or moved appeared again.
3. And to make things worse, as proceeded to try to repair the damage, I noticed significant latency, making the task almost impossible if not time consuming.
Thankfully I had backed-up my Outlook just a few days before, allowing me to restore my original files.
What irked me the most is that none of this was documented and I was never provided warning or the option BEFORE my files were deleted. There is no documented option that I could find to reverse the process or warning to backup.
My expectation would have been to continue having Oulook as my master Contact and Calendar, and being able to sync with my iPhone and my iPad wirelessly on command (why else would an iCloud sync icon now appear on my Outlook?).

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I use Win 7 PC with iCloud and Outlook 2010 for syncing my Contacts and Calendar. They have stopped syncing...mostly.
Now, appointments I enter on my local Outlook (iCloud) Calendar goes up to iCloud fine. But, data I enter on iCloud directly does not come down to my local Outlook iCloud Calendar. If I reboot the computer, the iCloud data shows up.
Also, Contacts I try to enter on my Outlook (iCloud) Contacts goes up to iCloud fine, but does not show up in my local iCloud Contacts.
All syncing works with my iPhone.
I have signed out of iCloud on PC. I have stopped syncing and re-started. No change.
I have an .aplzod folder for iCloud. I have a separate Earthlink.net.pst email account in Outlook and a me.com.pst Outlook email account (which I don't actually use) listed under Data Files.
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Hi Jim!
You've started off with some good troubleshooting steps, so let's see if we can take this a little further and figure out what the issue is with your iCloud contacts and calendars. I have two articles here that will help you troubleshoot this issue a little further, but the troubleshooting steps for both articles are exactly the same, so I will lay those out for you here:
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If you are having trouble with a PC (with Outlook 2007 or 2010) and iCloud Calendar, try each of these steps, testing after each to see if the issue is resolved:
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Verify that your iCloud member name is entered into the iCloud Control Panel pane. See iCloud Setup for more information about setting up iCloud on Windows.
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For additional information about managing Add-ins with Microsoft Outlook, see this Microsoft support document.
Restart your computer. This may sound simple, but it does reinitialize your network and application settings and can frequently resolve issues.
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Contacts
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3998
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Calendar
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3999
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Der Posteingangsserver fragt immer wieder das Passwort ab. Ich kann es hundert Mal eingeben, das Abfragefenster nach Benutzername und Passwort öffnet sich immer wieder.
Hat einer eine Lösung?

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