Outlook 2007 startup

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Outlook 2007 always starts up as "Preparing for first use." Any idea why?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Countless ideas. Provide some information when you post in newsgroups. At a
minimum you should have provided the steps you used to create this mess.
Assume we can't read your mind.

 

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Well, where do I start. Everything was working fine, then WHAMO!, I couldnt
reply to an email message. A message popped up and said. "The operation
failed. An object could not be found."

So I tried the fix I found posted on the MS webpage about deleting a profile
and readding it. It didnt work. Then there was something on a webpage about
moving my PST file. I did it and it still didnt send the message. Thats when
it started starting from "Preparing for first use."

So, then I tried to reinstall and the same stuff happened.

Im not computer illiterate and have done some work as a systems admin in
Iraq, but the stuff on that network was a helluva lot easier to troubleshoot
than my own system at home. Go figure.

Countless ideas. Provide some information when you post in newsgroups. At a
minimum you should have provided the steps you used to create this mess.
Assume we can't read your mind.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Outlook 2007 always starts up as "Preparing for first use." Any idea why?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You haven't created a new Outlook profile correctly. State which
instructions you followed. Follow these:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829918&Product=out2003
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Well, where do I start. Everything was working fine, then WHAMO!, I
couldnt
reply to an email message. A message popped up and said. "The operation
failed. An object could not be found."

So I tried the fix I found posted on the MS webpage about deleting a
profile
and readding it. It didnt work. Then there was something on a webpage
about
moving my PST file. I did it and it still didnt send the message. Thats
when
it started starting from "Preparing for first use."

So, then I tried to reinstall and the same stuff happened.

Im not computer illiterate and have done some work as a systems admin in
Iraq, but the stuff on that network was a helluva lot easier to
troubleshoot
than my own system at home. Go figure.

Countless ideas. Provide some information when you post in newsgroups. At
a
minimum you should have provided the steps you used to create this mess.
Assume we can't read your mind.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Outlook 2007 always starts up as "Preparing for first use." Any idea
why?