Disable local contacts in Outlook from getting updated by Global Address List
Outlook 2010 users report that local contacts have track changes enabled in “notes” field. The local contacts get updated with Global Address List
Solution:
This is an updated feature of Outlook Social Connector which performs automatic update of locally stored Contacts and these change logs are stored in Notes to know what changes were made.
Outlook 2010
Go to the View ribbon > People Pane > Account Settings > Settings > change the update option from Update without prompting to Prompt before update or Never update
Outlook 2013
Go to File > Info > Account settings > Social Network > Settings > change the update option from Update without prompting to Prompt before update or Never update
Outlook 2003 or 2007
The Account Settings dialog is accessed from Tools, Social Networking Account settings