Reinstalling won't help with configuration or data issues. Basically you
have 3 issues at the same time.

1)
If it works in Safe Mode it usually indicates an addin issue.
Which addins do you have installed?
See http://www.msoutlook.info/question/88

2)
As for the data check; it's checking pst-files for errors, which is the file
Outlook stores all its data in. You should check it for errors manually with
scanpst.exe.
See http://www.msoutlook.info/question/77

3)
After that, to solve the reminders issue, start Outlook with the
/cleanreminders switch
Start- type; outlook.exe /cleanreminders

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"Richard Mitnick" wrote in
message ...
On one of my Vista machines (Home Premium), Outlook is rapidly becoming
useless. First I got messages that a data file had not closed properly,
and
Outlook was checking it. I never found out what file or files. Then I
started
getting messages that a "reminder" could not be read. I have no reminders.
Through all of this, Outlook opened ever more slowly.

I was forced to install another email program to handle my mail. And, it's
O.K., not great, but for mail it does the job.

But I have a number of Contact databases which are very important, and
which
I can print into books of varying sizes.

I tried Repair, first just from the hard drive, and then with the
installation CD.

I opened Outlook repeatedly in Safe Mode, sometimes that is enough to do
the
trick. I have no problems with any other Office 2007 components.

I need help to get this sick puppy back to good health.

Thanks.

RSM