Well it appears that there are multiple versions of Connector out there - Going through the MS Office downloads site takes you to what appears to be a 12.1 version (actually when you install and go to the "About Microsoft Connector" it shows a 12.0XXXX version). Installing the 12.1 version from the Office site, or doing the "automatic update" seems to result in the unsuccessful install and subsequent endless loop of needing to update Connector.

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frmsrcurl: http://msgroups.net/microsoft.public...look-connector

I have had success in re-enabling the Connector after installing version 14.0 from the link posted by Duncan McC
above- 14.0 appears to be a Connector version geared more specifically for Hotmail accounts than for Office Live accounts, but it works just fine for me. Bottom line, use the 14.0, appears to resolve the issue.


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frmsrcurl: http://msgroups.net/microsoft.public...look-connector

v14 is the correct version - v12.x is the old version that the autoupdate is
supposed to be replacing.

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"a510m" / wrote in message
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I have had success in re-enabling the Connector after installing version
14.0 from the link posted by Duncan McC
above- 14.0 appears to be a Connector version geared more specifically
for Hotmail accounts than for Office Live accounts, but it works just fine
for me. Bottom line, use the 14.0, appears to resolve the issue.


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frmsrcurl: http://msgroups.net/microsoft.public...look-connector

"a510m" / wrote in message
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Well it appears that there are multiple versions of Connector out there -
Going through the MS Office
downloads site takes you to what appears to be a 12.1 version (actually when
you install and go to the
"About Microsoft Connector" it shows a 12.0XXXX version). Installing the
12.1 version from the Office
site, or doing the "automatic update" seems to result in the unsuccessful
install and subsequent endless
loop of needing to update Connector.

I, too, see that MS has a few inconsistencies in the Outlook Connector
download pages, but if you look up "Outlook Connector" at
http://support.microsoft.com/, it leads you to
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...225181033.aspx, which is the
proper version.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]