Remove the LDAP directory service from Control Panel=MAil Icon-Accounts. Depending on your version (which you conveniently left out) it will either be a choice on the ensuing page or a tab for address books. Remove the LDAP from there, then back up one step and add the Outlook Address Book service. Completely close and reopen Outlook and you should be back in business.

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After furious head scratching, Shirl asked:

| when I try to open my address book it tells me cannot contact LDAP
| directory what does this mean. We had our computor in getting fixed
| and now we have it back and this is the message we get. We can't
| email anything to anyone. Please Help