made the mistake of installing outlook 2007 in 2007

i've been dealing with shodding microsoft products long enough to realize
that it's not a good idea to install a new release of anything from microsoft
until a couple of years and a couple of service packs later (i've only
recently installed windows XP). i would have continued in this tradition but
my company recently changed it's mail server to exchange 2003 and as i like
to check my work email from home and as remote access to exchange 2003
without dialing a VPN requires an update from outlook 2000, i felt my hand
was forced. since then i've had nothing but headaches.

i keep getting these error messages about "outlook cannot start because a
data file to send and receive mail cannot be found". i've googled this and
tried the recommended soluiton of creating a new data file. 7 new data files
later, i continue to receive the same problem. what a load of crap. i'm
trying to check my work email in my off work hours (i.e non paid) to make
sure i'm on top of everything that's happening at the office, but instead
wind up researching how to fix a bug with outlook microsoft should have fixed
before releasing their software.

sorry for the rant, but i think i've paid my dues to microsoft and am
really, really tired of having to google these esoteric problems with even
more esoteric solutions(dare i say "step #1, start a command prompt and type
'regedit'" ... "step #30. even though we never told you it was a good idea to
hack the registry, save your setting and reboot").

come on microsoft. why the hell am i screwing around with 2007 when 2000
worked fine for me? what incentive does 2007 offer when i was happy using
outlook 2000? yes, outlook 2007 offer advanced features, but they shouldn't
be at the expense of core features, such as the ability to send and receive
email. i'm the average outlook user in this case and as such only expect
Outlook to perform it's basic duties, such as being able to send and receive
emai without bitching about a data file and asking me to invest another
1/2+hr of my life into what i hope wll be the final solution to a problem
microsoft should have resolved prior to releasing this sofware.

This is not Microsoft and we don't work for them. Save your venom for someone who isn't a volunteer.

Try a new mail profile.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Steven asked:

| i've been dealing with shodding microsoft products long enough to
| realize that it's not a good idea to install a new release of
| anything from microsoft until a couple of years and a couple of
| service packs later (i've only recently installed windows XP). i
| would have continued in this tradition but my company recently
| changed it's mail server to exchange 2003 and as i like to check my
| work email from home and as remote access to exchange 2003 without
| dialing a VPN requires an update from outlook 2000, i felt my hand
| was forced. since then i've had nothing but headaches.
|
| i keep getting these error messages about "outlook cannot start
| because a data file to send and receive mail cannot be found". i've
| googled this and tried the recommended soluiton of creating a new
| data file. 7 new data files later, i continue to receive the same
| problem. what a load of crap. i'm trying to check my work email in my
| off work hours (i.e non paid) to make sure i'm on top of everything
| that's happening at the office, but instead wind up researching how
| to fix a bug with outlook microsoft should have fixed before
| releasing their software.
|
| sorry for the rant, but i think i've paid my dues to microsoft and am
| really, really tired of having to google these esoteric problems with
| even more esoteric solutions(dare i say "step #1, start a command
| prompt and type 'regedit'" ... "step #30. even though we never told
| you it was a good idea to hack the registry, save your setting and
| reboot").
|
| come on microsoft. why the hell am i screwing around with 2007 when
| 2000 worked fine for me? what incentive does 2007 offer when i was
| happy using outlook 2000? yes, outlook 2007 offer advanced features,
| but they shouldn't be at the expense of core features, such as the
| ability to send and receive email. i'm the average outlook user in
| this case and as such only expect Outlook to perform it's basic
| duties, such as being able to send and receive emai without bitching
| about a data file and asking me to invest another 1/2+hr of my life
| into what i hope wll be the final solution to a problem microsoft
| should have resolved prior to releasing this sofware.

Steven wrote:
i've been dealing with shodding microsoft products long enough to realize
that it's not a good idea to install a new release of anything from microsoft
until a couple of years and a couple of service packs later (i've only
recently installed windows XP). i would have continued in this tradition but
my company recently changed it's mail server to exchange 2003 and as i like
to check my work email from home and as remote access to exchange 2003
without dialing a VPN requires an update from outlook 2000, i felt my hand
was forced. since then i've had nothing but headaches.

i keep getting these error messages about "outlook cannot start because a
data file to send and receive mail cannot be found". i've googled this and
tried the recommended soluiton of creating a new data file. 7 new data files
later, i continue to receive the same problem. what a load of crap. i'm
trying to check my work email in my off work hours (i.e non paid) to make
sure i'm on top of everything that's happening at the office, but instead
wind up researching how to fix a bug with outlook microsoft should have fixed
before releasing their software.

sorry for the rant, but i think i've paid my dues to microsoft and am
really, really tired of having to google these esoteric problems with even
more esoteric solutions(dare i say "step #1, start a command prompt and type
'regedit'" ... "step #30. even though we never told you it was a good idea to
hack the registry, save your setting and reboot").

come on microsoft. why the hell am i screwing around with 2007 when 2000
worked fine for me? what incentive does 2007 offer when i was happy using
outlook 2000? yes, outlook 2007 offer advanced features, but they shouldn't
be at the expense of core features, such as the ability to send and receive
email. i'm the average outlook user in this case and as such only expect
Outlook to perform it's basic duties, such as being able to send and receive
emai without bitching about a data file and asking me to invest another
1/2+hr of my life into what i hope wll be the final solution to a problem
microsoft should have resolved prior to releasing this sofware.



Are you using the Outlook web interface to check mail? If so I
think I remember an article that said the Exchange 2003 mail
server needs a patch for Outlook 2007 to work. Maybe someone here
can verify that.

gls858