A friend uses Outlook 2003 and wonders if there is a way to stop the
calendar from trying to access the Internet. IOW he simply wants it to
be content working standalone.

Yes the firewall will block it, but then apparently that affects boot
times etc, it is not so much wanting to block access as wanting to stop
the request from taking place.

Can this be done maybe during initial install, or by selecting remove /
modify from add / remove programs etc?

Thanks for your time, did look in the group but did not find a reference.

Charlie