Outlook Imploding- need major help

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Aj

I have Outlook 2003 installed on two computers-one works seamlessly (my
wife's) while mine (same software source) is a lemon. I have tried to repair
the multiple problems using this help group over the past 6-9 months and
have, as of yet, not been able to fix even one problem. The program takes a
very long time to send/receive any mail from the internet, and, despite my
fixing the settings, will not update the mailboxes without manual input. Any
e-mail attachment creates an error message saying it couldn't be scanned
because I'm offline (when I am constantly online). I've never had this option
work. I am unable to use reminders and get an error message saying that they
could not be opened. I have tried multiple switches to fix this and even
erased every reminder in my calendar but get the same error each time I enter
a new appt. I have downloaded every update/fix known to man without help. As
I said before, my wife's computer has no such problems with the same program.
Is there any way to reinstall only the Outlook portion of Office? I am tired
of not being able to use the program as I'd like to. Thanks for any help with
this. Aj
 
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Mary

This is hard to diagnose without more info. How do the computers connect to
your ISP? Is is dial up or broadband? Are they networked together & if so,
how? Do you have your own Internet acct with your provider or are you sharing
one Internet acct with several email accts? What kind of acct is it--web mail
or pop mail? Some service providers won't allow 2 computers to log on to the
same Internet acct at the same time, unless they are networked or use
Internet Connection Sharing. Start researching this with your ISP first. The
answer might be there.
 
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Aj

I have a MSN account I access via broadband cable via Cox cable. I've never
had any trouble logging on with both computers. There is no difference in the
problems when I have either one or both computers logged on. The Outlook
having issues will download mail but is extremely slow and won't download
them automatically at preset time intervals. I had the same issues before I
was using two computers on the current internet account.
 
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