This question was original asked in the Outlook Express newsgroups, but
the gurus there were unable to answer it and recommended that I post it
here.

*Outlook Express* and *Outlook 2003* are installed on the same computer.
(They are different programs. This question relates to Outlook Express
and its interaction with Outlook.) Outlook Express has one identity, and
it is password protected. When Outlook starts, an "Identity Login" box
appears, even though Outlook Express is not being opened. The box
requires either canceling or inputting a password.

This problem is *not* the same as the intermittently appearing Identity
Login box as reported by some gamers using Norton Antivirus. The only
time the box appears is when Outlook is started with Outlook Express
closed or when Outlook Express is started after the Login Identity boxed
is canceled.

To add to the confusion, when the Identity Login box appears, it says,
"There is no current identity. Select your identity name below. To add
or modify an identity, click Manage Identities." Yet, "Main Identity",
the only identity in Outlook Express, is listed, and it's highlighted in
gray. Clicking on "Manage Identities" shows "Main Identity" listed under
"Identities", and "Main Identity" is listed under "Use this identity
when starting a program", which is checked. "Main Identity" is also
listed under "Use this identity when a program cannot ask you to choose
an identity."

Outlook Express and Outlook are somehow conjoined. How can they be
separated such that starting *Outlook* does not cause the Identity Login
box from *Outlook Express* from appearing (until Outlook Express is
started, when it is appropriate for the box to appear)? Since the
"Manage Identities" box is an Outlook *Express* function, this newsgroup
should be the more appropriate forum for a solution.