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knowmoor
I recently uninstalled what turned out to be a worthless anti-spam plug-in
app for Outlook, and I believe that uninstall process fouled up Outlook 2002
on my home machine, at least in regards to my POP3 accounts (Hotmail access
still works). When doing the test emailing, Outlook reports that it can
find the STMP and POP3 mail servers, but can't log on to either type
anymore, even after manually reentering in the password information. This
is true when attempting to connect with my home accounts and with my work
account (different providers and servers).
Since I still have internet access, it seems my problem's with Outlook
itself. I guess my question is this: how best should I tackle this? Should
I attempt to repair? What does that do with all the security patches that
have occured since the initial installation over a year ago? Does the
repair note what's been overwritten, so that if a patch (or patches) have
replaced/modified files that were amongst the "broken" ones repaired, is
there a way for Office or Windows Update to KNOW that things need to be
repatched again?
Or should I simply reinstall--if there's really such a thing as a "simple"
reinstall? Do I need to back up email/calender/contact/notes/etc. data
files, in either case?
Or is there something else I should be looking at first?
Running Outlook 2002 on a Win XP Home installation. Any advice would be
appreciated.
app for Outlook, and I believe that uninstall process fouled up Outlook 2002
on my home machine, at least in regards to my POP3 accounts (Hotmail access
still works). When doing the test emailing, Outlook reports that it can
find the STMP and POP3 mail servers, but can't log on to either type
anymore, even after manually reentering in the password information. This
is true when attempting to connect with my home accounts and with my work
account (different providers and servers).
Since I still have internet access, it seems my problem's with Outlook
itself. I guess my question is this: how best should I tackle this? Should
I attempt to repair? What does that do with all the security patches that
have occured since the initial installation over a year ago? Does the
repair note what's been overwritten, so that if a patch (or patches) have
replaced/modified files that were amongst the "broken" ones repaired, is
there a way for Office or Windows Update to KNOW that things need to be
repatched again?
Or should I simply reinstall--if there's really such a thing as a "simple"
reinstall? Do I need to back up email/calender/contact/notes/etc. data
files, in either case?
Or is there something else I should be looking at first?
Running Outlook 2002 on a Win XP Home installation. Any advice would be
appreciated.