Outlook 2003 opens and then shuts down in a few seconds.



I am using a 2.66 GHz machine with 2 GB RAM and MS Windows XP Pro. SP2.

I recently re-installed Windows on a new hard disk and then installed Office
2003 and many other programs. I had had everything in fine working order
before (on the old hard disk) but needed to go to a larger hard disk.



Now, when I try to start Outlook, it opens but closes after just a few
seconds. All the other Office programs work fine. I tried the "detect &
repair"; I tried uninstalling Outlook then re-installing; .Still no good on
Outlook startup. Then I uninstalled all of Office 2003 -then re-installed
it all .with no Outlook function still.



Then I re-installed Windows (in upgrade mode). Nothing I do is getting
Outlook to work for me. I really need to get this program working again; I've
used it for many years-never with this problem. BTW, Outlook Express does
work OK.



***Note--The only thing I can think of now is: during the course of
re-install of the other programs, during one of the restarts, Windows
suddenly asked me to click in as a user. This was out-of-the-ordinary;
usually, for the last few years Windows has opened up without me having to
click on as a user since I'm the ONLY USER. When this occurred I opened the
control panel, and looked under User Settings -there was something else
listed-I don't remember what. Anyway, I was afraid it was some sort of
Spy-ware or something .so I deleted it from the Users Settings. The next
time I rebooted, Windows again started up without asking me to click in as a
user. (I do prefer that, why should I need to click in when I'm the only
user)? I do not know of any program I'm running that requires a separate
user, and would this affect Outlook 2003 anyway?



Please help

Thanks

[Sorry about all the extra line breaks,where do they come from?]

Outlook 2003 opens and then shuts down in a few seconds.
I am using a 2.66 GHz machine with 2 GB RAM and MS Windows XP Pro. SP2.

I recently re-installed Windows on a new hard disk and then installed
Office
2003 and many other programs. I had had everything in fine working order
before (on the old hard disk) but needed to go to a larger hard disk.
Now, when I try to start Outlook, it opens but closes after just a few
seconds.

All the other Office programs work fine. I tried the "detect &
repair"; I tried uninstalling Outlook then re-installing; .Still no good on
Outlook startup. Then I uninstalled all of Office 2003 -then re-installed
it all .with no Outlook function still. Then I re-installed Windows (in
upgrade mode).
Nothing I do is getting Outlook to work for me. I really need to get this
program
working again; I've used it for many years-never with this problem. BTW,
Outlook Express does
work OK.

***Note--The only thing I can think of now is: during the course of
re-install of the other programs, during one of the restarts, Windows
suddenly asked me to click in as a user. This was out-of-the-ordinary;
usually, for the last few years Windows has opened up without me having to
click on as a user since I'm the ONLY USER. When this occurred I opened
the
control panel, and looked under User Settings -there was something else
listed-I don't remember what. Anyway, I was afraid it was some sort of
Spy-ware or something .so I deleted it from the Users Settings. The next
time I rebooted, Windows again started up without asking me to click in as
a
user. (I do prefer that, why should I need to click in when I'm the only
user)? I do not know of any program I'm running that requires a separate
user, and would this affect Outlook 2003 anyway?

Please help
Thanks

is this machine on a domain? clicking in as a user would means that it
is in a workgroup. How are you connecting to your exchange server?
can you ping it? have you tried blowing away your profile? Can others
login and successfully use outlook on your machine?

Thanks for your answer mate

This computer is a stand-alone, NO OTHER computer or users have access to
it. I connect to the Internet via a 3mbs cable connection.

No one else can login or in anyway use my machine, unless some malware got
in there (that evades my scans and searches). This is a new clean install
of Windows XP Pro Sp2, and Office 2003. The first program I set-up on the
machine was the Charter Hi-Speed Internet Suite (F-Secure).

I'm not sure what you mean by Exchange Server. My ISP is Charter Cable.

I don't know much about pinging frankly, would I ping my ISP? And why?

This Outlook worked fine for me on the old small drive, connected to the
Internet or Offline both.
Thanks again



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is this machine on a domain? clicking in as a user would means that it
is in a workgroup. How are you connecting to your exchange server?
can you ping it? have you tried blowing away your profile? Can others
login and successfully use outlook on your machine?