Having major issues with Outlook 2003

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Help! I have tw omajor problems with Outlook 2003 and I don't know if they
are related. I am running winxp pro and have jsut upgraded to Office 2003.
Everything was great for about 3 weeks, and now two things happen.

1) When I start up Outlook i get a message that says "There was a problem
reading one or more of your reminders. Some reminders may not appear. The
server is not available. Contact your administrator if this condition
persists."

Then after I hit ok, outlook continues to open, however 50% of the time I
get errors when I try to retreive mail. The other 50% I receive email just
fine, however 100% of the time I can't send mail, and I don't get an error
message, the email just sits in my outbox!

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Assuming that you are working with a POP/IMAP account, have you run the
inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe) against your pst file to rule out
corruption?

Have you tried starting Outlook 1 time with the /cleanreminders command line
switch?

How many items in your Sent Items folder and/or how large is your PST file?
 
Neo-

I did run scanpst.exe and no errors came up.

I've tried running outlook with /cleanreminders, but it says that the file
cannot be found.

There is one item in the sent items folder abd the pst file is 22.2MB.

Thanks for your help,

Marc



neo said:
Assuming that you are working with a POP/IMAP account, have you run the
inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe) against your pst file to rule out
corruption?

Have you tried starting Outlook 1 time with the /cleanreminders command line
switch?

How many items in your Sent Items folder and/or how large is your PST file?

--
Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.


Marc said:
Help! I have tw omajor problems with Outlook 2003 and I don't know if they
are related. I am running winxp pro and have jsut upgraded to Office 2003.
Everything was great for about 3 weeks, and now two things happen.

1) When I start up Outlook i get a message that says "There was a problem
reading one or more of your reminders. Some reminders may not appear. The
server is not available. Contact your administrator if this condition
persists."

Then after I hit ok, outlook continues to open, however 50% of the time I
get errors when I try to retreive mail. The other 50% I receive email just
fine, however 100% of the time I can't send mail, and I don't get an error
message, the email just sits in my outbox!

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The file can't be found sounds like Outlook can't figure out what the
default *.pst file is or the profile has become partially corrupt. Have you
tried creating a new mail profile via the mail applet in the control panel?
(don't copy the old one. create a new one and switch to it.)
--
Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.


Marc said:
Neo-

I did run scanpst.exe and no errors came up.

I've tried running outlook with /cleanreminders, but it says that the file
cannot be found.

There is one item in the sent items folder abd the pst file is 22.2MB.

Thanks for your help,

Marc



neo said:
Assuming that you are working with a POP/IMAP account, have you run the
inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe) against your pst file to rule out
corruption?

Have you tried starting Outlook 1 time with the /cleanreminders command line
switch?

How many items in your Sent Items folder and/or how large is your PST file?

--
Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.


Marc said:
Help! I have tw omajor problems with Outlook 2003 and I don't know if they
are related. I am running winxp pro and have jsut upgraded to Office 2003.
Everything was great for about 3 weeks, and now two things happen.

1) When I start up Outlook i get a message that says "There was a problem
reading one or more of your reminders. Some reminders may not appear. The
server is not available. Contact your administrator if this condition
persists."

Then after I hit ok, outlook continues to open, however 50% of the
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time
I
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Make sure you're using the proper syntax when running the /CleanReminders
switch. If you have Outlook installed in the default location, it should
work if you type the following into the Run box on the Start menu:

outlook.exe /cleanreminders

(Note the space between "exe" and the switch).

If that doesn't work, you may have to provide the full path to your
outlook.exe file... e.g.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Outlook.exe" /cleanreminders

(Note the above would be all on one line, and the quotes are there because
there are spaces in the file path.)

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In
Marc said:
Neo-

I did run scanpst.exe and no errors came up.

I've tried running outlook with /cleanreminders, but it says that the
file cannot be found.

There is one item in the sent items folder abd the pst file is 22.2MB.

Thanks for your help,

Marc



neo said:
Assuming that you are working with a POP/IMAP account, have you run
the inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe) against your pst file to rule out
corruption?

Have you tried starting Outlook 1 time with the /cleanreminders
command line switch?

How many items in your Sent Items folder and/or how large is your
PST file?

--
Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be
deleted w/out reading.


Marc said:
Help! I have tw omajor problems with Outlook 2003 and I don't know
if they are related. I am running winxp pro and have jsut upgraded
to Office 2003. Everything was great for about 3 weeks, and now two
things happen.

1) When I start up Outlook i get a message that says "There was a
problem reading one or more of your reminders. Some reminders may
not appear. The server is not available. Contact your administrator
if this condition persists."

Then after I hit ok, outlook continues to open, however 50% of the
time I get errors when I try to retreive mail. The other 50% I
receive email just fine, however 100% of the time I can't send
mail, and I don't get an error message, the email just sits in my
outbox!

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Using your suggestion, I was able to run the /cleanreminders, however, after
i run it and then run Outlook again, teh same warning comes up.

Also, I am still undable to send this one darn message from my outbox... any
suggestions? Thanks again for the help thus far.


Jocelyn Fiorello said:
Make sure you're using the proper syntax when running the /CleanReminders
switch. If you have Outlook installed in the default location, it should
work if you type the following into the Run box on the Start menu:

outlook.exe /cleanreminders

(Note the space between "exe" and the switch).

If that doesn't work, you may have to provide the full path to your
outlook.exe file... e.g.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Outlook.exe" /cleanreminders

(Note the above would be all on one line, and the quotes are there because
there are spaces in the file path.)

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In
Marc said:
Neo-

I did run scanpst.exe and no errors came up.

I've tried running outlook with /cleanreminders, but it says that the
file cannot be found.

There is one item in the sent items folder abd the pst file is 22.2MB.

Thanks for your help,

Marc



neo said:
Assuming that you are working with a POP/IMAP account, have you run
the inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe) against your pst file to rule out
corruption?

Have you tried starting Outlook 1 time with the /cleanreminders
command line switch?

How many items in your Sent Items folder and/or how large is your
PST file?

--
Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be
deleted w/out reading.


Help! I have tw omajor problems with Outlook 2003 and I don't know
if they are related. I am running winxp pro and have jsut upgraded
to Office 2003. Everything was great for about 3 weeks, and now two
things happen.

1) When I start up Outlook i get a message that says "There was a
problem reading one or more of your reminders. Some reminders may
not appear. The server is not available. Contact your administrator
if this condition persists."

Then after I hit ok, outlook continues to open, however 50% of the
time I get errors when I try to retreive mail. The other 50% I
receive email just fine, however 100% of the time I can't send
mail, and I don't get an error message, the email just sits in my
outbox!

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If I do this, how do I then transfer all my email to this profile? Thanks
again for your help,


neo said:
The file can't be found sounds like Outlook can't figure out what the
default *.pst file is or the profile has become partially corrupt. Have you
tried creating a new mail profile via the mail applet in the control panel?
(don't copy the old one. create a new one and switch to it.)
--
Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.


Marc said:
Neo-

I did run scanpst.exe and no errors came up.

I've tried running outlook with /cleanreminders, but it says that the file
cannot be found.

There is one item in the sent items folder abd the pst file is 22.2MB.

Thanks for your help,

Marc



neo said:
Assuming that you are working with a POP/IMAP account, have you run the
inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe) against your pst file to rule out
corruption?

Have you tried starting Outlook 1 time with the /cleanreminders
Click to expand...
command
line
switch?

How many items in your Sent Items folder and/or how large is your PST file?

--
Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.


Help! I have tw omajor problems with Outlook 2003 and I don't know
Click to expand...
if
they
are related. I am running winxp pro and have jsut upgraded to Office 2003.
Everything was great for about 3 weeks, and now two things happen.

1) When I start up Outlook i get a message that says "There was a problem
reading one or more of your reminders. Some reminders may not
Click to expand...
appear.
The
server is not available. Contact your administrator if this condition
persists."

Then after I hit ok, outlook continues to open, however 50% of the
Click to expand...
time
I
get errors when I try to retreive mail. The other 50% I receive
Click to expand...
email
just
fine, however 100% of the time I can't send mail, and I don't get an error
message, the email just sits in my outbox!

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Marc said:
If I do this, how do I then transfer all my email to this profile?
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Just add your .pst to that profile.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.
 
Since Neo has been helping you with this issue as well, I think I will bow
out at this point :-)

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In
Marc said:
Using your suggestion, I was able to run the /cleanreminders,
however, after i run it and then run Outlook again, teh same warning
comes up.

Also, I am still undable to send this one darn message from my
outbox... any suggestions? Thanks again for the help thus far.


Jocelyn Fiorello said:
Make sure you're using the proper syntax when running the
/CleanReminders switch. If you have Outlook installed in the
default location, it should work if you type the following into the
Run box on the Start menu:

outlook.exe /cleanreminders

(Note the space between "exe" and the switch).

If that doesn't work, you may have to provide the full path to your
outlook.exe file... e.g.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Outlook.exe"
/cleanreminders

(Note the above would be all on one line, and the quotes are there
because there are spaces in the file path.)

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In
Marc said:
Neo-

I did run scanpst.exe and no errors came up.

I've tried running outlook with /cleanreminders, but it says that
the file cannot be found.

There is one item in the sent items folder abd the pst file is
22.2MB.

Thanks for your help,

Marc



Assuming that you are working with a POP/IMAP account, have you run
the inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe) against your pst file to rule
out corruption?

Have you tried starting Outlook 1 time with the /cleanreminders
command line switch?

How many items in your Sent Items folder and/or how large is your
PST file?

--
Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be
deleted w/out reading.


Help! I have tw omajor problems with Outlook 2003 and I don't know
if they are related. I am running winxp pro and have jsut upgraded
to Office 2003. Everything was great for about 3 weeks, and now
two things happen.

1) When I start up Outlook i get a message that says "There was a
problem reading one or more of your reminders. Some reminders may
not appear. The server is not available. Contact your
administrator if this condition persists."

Then after I hit ok, outlook continues to open, however 50% of the
time I get errors when I try to retreive mail. The other 50% I
receive email just fine, however 100% of the time I can't send
mail, and I don't get an error message, the email just sits in my
outbox!

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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