Outlook 2003 constantly tries to reinstall

[rasinc]

Not sure if this is the correct place to post but hopefully someone can help
out. I had someone install SBS 2003 R2 with Exchange. When we connected my
(perfectly running) notebook to the network, it installed Outlook 2003
(previously on Outlook 2000). It now continuously tried to reinstall and
runs through the process each time I open it.

I can't find any references to constantly reinstalling Outlook 2003 after
installing SBS 2003 anywhere. Has anyone come across this before and know
what to do to stop it? It also pooched another program I use and it will not
reinstall properly due to dll registration errors. So I want to fix this
first issue before I tackle that one as I think they are related and fixing
this may fix the other one.

TIA rasinc

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What did the person you presumably paid to install the server have to say? What exactly did he/she do?

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After furious head scratching, rasinc asked:

| Not sure if this is the correct place to post but hopefully someone
| can help out. I had someone install SBS 2003 R2 with Exchange. When
| we connected my (perfectly running) notebook to the network, it
| installed Outlook 2003 (previously on Outlook 2000). It now
| continuously tried to reinstall and runs through the process each
| time I open it.
|
| I can't find any references to constantly reinstalling Outlook 2003
| after installing SBS 2003 anywhere. Has anyone come across this
| before and know what to do to stop it? It also pooched another
| program I use and it will not reinstall properly due to dll
| registration errors. So I want to fix this first issue before I
| tackle that one as I think they are related and fixing this may fix
| the other one.
|
| TIA rasinc

 

[rasinc]

Thanks for replying. He was not available when I posted this and it was not
hugely critical so I did not bother to track down his next of kin. When I
did get him to look into it, he contacted tech support at MS who apparently
has seen this before and we had to restore my WinXP to a previous restore
point, trigger the ConnectToComputer login on SBS 2003 and then trigger the
setup of Outlook manually from the server again. It is now working properly.
Thanks again.