Outlook 2007 at version 12.0.6425.1000 *still* does weird things as far
as displaying the "Send/Receive dialog box" on Windows XP Pro. I connect
to an Exchange server and a POP/SMTP server.

Each day, I close Outlook when I go home. The next day, after I open
Outlook, it will display a completely blank Send/Receive dialog box with
no content -- just the outline and the title bar; the whole interior is a
solid gray color. Weird. Sometimes this happens at random times during
the day.

If I close and reopen Outlook AGAIN, the Send/Receive dialog will usually
appear again, but this time I can see the contents -- and the "Hide this
dialog box during send/receive" box is unchecked. So I can check that
box IF I AM FAST ENOUGH, and close Outlook, and open it again. If I am
not fast enough in checking that box before it goes away, I can't set it.
The box is annoying, so please don't suggest that since it sometimes goes
away quickly, I shouldn't worry about it. I would like the code to work
as designed.

I am convinced that programmers at Microsoft must all run with this
dialog box displayed, or else they would realize how hard it is to kill.
(I'm also convinced that in the days of Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2003,
ALL programmers must have set the default "File As" order for contacts to
be "Last, First". I say this because setting the default order to "First
Last" would not stick; about once a day, it would revert to "Last,
First", and many of the several methods to add a contact to the address
book would ignore the setting and show the wrong display method for that
contact -- even though it had the correct First name and Last name. Half
the programmers should be required to use the "First Last" setting to get
it debugged! Otherwise, none of the programmers would notice that the
setting had a strong affinity to work one way.)

Anyway, I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks.

David Walker

I have none of that weirdness here and I have my Address Book and new
Contacts set to default to First Last as well.
At this point, I'd suggest you try it with a clean mail profile and see how
that works for you.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm

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"DWalker07" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Outlook 2007 at version 12.0.6425.1000 *still* does weird things as far
> as displaying the "Send/Receive dialog box" on Windows XP Pro. I connect
> to an Exchange server and a POP/SMTP server.
>
> Each day, I close Outlook when I go home. The next day, after I open
> Outlook, it will display a completely blank Send/Receive dialog box with
> no content -- just the outline and the title bar; the whole interior is a
> solid gray color. Weird. Sometimes this happens at random times during
> the day.
>
> If I close and reopen Outlook AGAIN, the Send/Receive dialog will usually
> appear again, but this time I can see the contents -- and the "Hide this
> dialog box during send/receive" box is unchecked. So I can check that
> box IF I AM FAST ENOUGH, and close Outlook, and open it again. If I am
> not fast enough in checking that box before it goes away, I can't set it.
> The box is annoying, so please don't suggest that since it sometimes goes
> away quickly, I shouldn't worry about it. I would like the code to work
> as designed.
>
> I am convinced that programmers at Microsoft must all run with this
> dialog box displayed, or else they would realize how hard it is to kill.
> (I'm also convinced that in the days of Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2003,
> ALL programmers must have set the default "File As" order for contacts to
> be "Last, First". I say this because setting the default order to "First
> Last" would not stick; about once a day, it would revert to "Last,
> First", and many of the several methods to add a contact to the address
> book would ignore the setting and show the wrong display method for that
> contact -- even though it had the correct First name and Last name. Half
> the programmers should be required to use the "First Last" setting to get
> it debugged! Otherwise, none of the programmers would notice that the
> setting had a strong affinity to work one way.)
>
> Anyway, I would appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> David Walker