Outlook 2003 hangs on start up

[Guest]

I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company LAN. At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each time I switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the first time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs with no error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task manager. Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Roady [MVP]]

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company LAN. At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each time I switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the first time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs with no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task manager. Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Guest]

SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include information on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when moving
between connections.

 

[Guest]

I do have the option set to hibernate after a period of time when on battery,
and I do see a "hyerfil.sys" file in addition to the usual "pagefile.sys".
However, I always fully shut down windows when leaving one location with a
complete cold boot when starting up again from the other location. One thing
I might add is that there is a short cut in startup to automatically load
Outlook on system start up.

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include information on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when moving
between connections.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company LAN.
At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each time I
switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the first
time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs with no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task manager.
Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Aha there it is! You should set that at login; not at startup. Another
option would be to put a shortcut to Outlook in your Startup folder.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
I do have the option set to hibernate after a period of time when on
battery,
and I do see a "hyerfil.sys" file in addition to the usual "pagefile.sys".
However, I always fully shut down windows when leaving one location with a
complete cold boot when starting up again from the other location. One
thing
I might add is that there is a short cut in startup to automatically load
Outlook on system start up.

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include information on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when moving
between connections.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company LAN.
At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each time I
switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the first
time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs with no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task manager.
Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Guest]

I am sorry, but set what at login?

The hypernation option is set in the battery property.

Outlook automatic start is set by having a short cut in the "C:\Documents
and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder.

Aha there it is! You should set that at login; not at startup. Another
option would be to put a shortcut to Outlook in your Startup folder.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
I do have the option set to hibernate after a period of time when on
battery,
and I do see a "hyerfil.sys" file in addition to the usual "pagefile.sys".
However, I always fully shut down windows when leaving one location with a
complete cold boot when starting up again from the other location. One
thing
I might add is that there is a short cut in startup to automatically load
Outlook on system start up.

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include information on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when moving
between connections.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company LAN.
At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each time I
switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the first
time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs with no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task manager.
Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Ah sorry, I misread. I thought you had created a Scheduled Task to run at
startup instead of at login.

When you remove the automation and start it manually after the system is
full started does it work then?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
I am sorry, but set what at login?

The hypernation option is set in the battery property.

Outlook automatic start is set by having a short cut in the "C:\Documents
and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder.

Aha there it is! You should set that at login; not at startup. Another
option would be to put a shortcut to Outlook in your Startup folder.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
I do have the option set to hibernate after a period of time when on
battery,
and I do see a "hyerfil.sys" file in addition to the usual "pagefile.sys".
However, I always fully shut down windows when leaving one location with a
complete cold boot when starting up again from the other location. One
thing
I might add is that there is a short cut in startup to automatically load
Outlook on system start up.

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include information
on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when moving
between connections.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business
with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company
LAN.
At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each time I
switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the first
time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs with
no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task manager.
Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Guest]

After the auto start at system start up (which will hang) and after I kill it
with task manager and restart the normal way, then it works. I have not
tried removing it from auto start up and see if it would work the first time
it starts after system start up.

Ah sorry, I misread. I thought you had created a Scheduled Task to run at
startup instead of at login.

When you remove the automation and start it manually after the system is
full started does it work then?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
I am sorry, but set what at login?

The hypernation option is set in the battery property.

Outlook automatic start is set by having a short cut in the "C:\Documents
and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder.

Aha there it is! You should set that at login; not at startup. Another
option would be to put a shortcut to Outlook in your Startup folder.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I do have the option set to hibernate after a period of time when on
battery,
and I do see a "hyerfil.sys" file in addition to the usual "pagefile.sys".
However, I always fully shut down windows when leaving one location with a
complete cold boot when starting up again from the other location. One
thing
I might add is that there is a short cut in startup to automatically load
Outlook on system start up.

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include information
on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when moving
between connections.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

:

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business
with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company
LAN.
At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each time I
switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the first
time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs with
no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task manager.
Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Alright; see how that works. Note that with most wireless connections the
connection is established AFTER login. If you start Outlook before that you
are basically starting it without a network connection. Depending on your
configured accounts this could be impossible or cause a time-out.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
After the auto start at system start up (which will hang) and after I kill
it
with task manager and restart the normal way, then it works. I have not
tried removing it from auto start up and see if it would work the first time
it starts after system start up.

Ah sorry, I misread. I thought you had created a Scheduled Task to run at
startup instead of at login.

When you remove the automation and start it manually after the system is
full started does it work then?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
I am sorry, but set what at login?

The hypernation option is set in the battery property.

Outlook automatic start is set by having a short cut in the "C:\Documents
and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder.

Aha there it is! You should set that at login; not at startup. Another
option would be to put a shortcut to Outlook in your Startup folder.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I do have the option set to hibernate after a period of time when on
battery,
and I do see a "hyerfil.sys" file in addition to the usual
"pagefile.sys".
However, I always fully shut down windows when leaving one location with
a
complete cold boot when starting up again from the other location. One
thing
I might add is that there is a short cut in startup to automatically
load
Outlook on system start up.

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include information
on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when
moving
between connections.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

:

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business
with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company
LAN.
At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each time
I
switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the
first
time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs with
no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task
manager.
Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and
repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Guest]

I removed Outlook from auto start up, shut down windows, went home,
established Internet connection, then started up Outlook manually and it
worked. I did the same when coming back to the office, allowed the system to
boot up and established connection with the company LAN before starting up
Outlook manually, and it worked without hanging.

Thank you.............. It seems to be something Microsft should fix Outlook
not to hang but simply update network connection.

Alright; see how that works. Note that with most wireless connections the
connection is established AFTER login. If you start Outlook before that you
are basically starting it without a network connection. Depending on your
configured accounts this could be impossible or cause a time-out.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
After the auto start at system start up (which will hang) and after I kill
it
with task manager and restart the normal way, then it works. I have not
tried removing it from auto start up and see if it would work the first time
it starts after system start up.

Ah sorry, I misread. I thought you had created a Scheduled Task to run at
startup instead of at login.

When you remove the automation and start it manually after the system is
full started does it work then?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I am sorry, but set what at login?

The hypernation option is set in the battery property.

Outlook automatic start is set by having a short cut in the "C:\Documents
and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder.

Aha there it is! You should set that at login; not at startup. Another
option would be to put a shortcut to Outlook in your Startup folder.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I do have the option set to hibernate after a period of time when on
battery,
and I do see a "hyerfil.sys" file in addition to the usual
"pagefile.sys".
However, I always fully shut down windows when leaving one location with
a
complete cold boot when starting up again from the other location. One
thing
I might add is that there is a short cut in startup to automatically
load
Outlook on system start up.

:

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include information
on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when
moving
between connections.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

:

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business
with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company
LAN.
At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each time
I
switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the
first
time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs with
no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task
manager.
Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and
repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That would depend a bit on your account configuration. Which account are you
using anyway? If you completely disconnect from any network can you start
Outlook succesfully then?

Some wireless cards (like from Intel) have in their provided software the
option to establish the connection at startup already and not after logon.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
I removed Outlook from auto start up, shut down windows, went home,
established Internet connection, then started up Outlook manually and it
worked. I did the same when coming back to the office, allowed the system
to
boot up and established connection with the company LAN before starting up
Outlook manually, and it worked without hanging.

Thank you.............. It seems to be something Microsft should fix Outlook
not to hang but simply update network connection.

Alright; see how that works. Note that with most wireless connections the
connection is established AFTER login. If you start Outlook before that
you
are basically starting it without a network connection. Depending on your
configured accounts this could be impossible or cause a time-out.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
After the auto start at system start up (which will hang) and after I kill
it
with task manager and restart the normal way, then it works. I have not
tried removing it from auto start up and see if it would work the first
time
it starts after system start up.

Ah sorry, I misread. I thought you had created a Scheduled Task to run
at
startup instead of at login.

When you remove the automation and start it manually after the system is
full started does it work then?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I am sorry, but set what at login?

The hypernation option is set in the battery property.

Outlook automatic start is set by having a short cut in the
"C:\Documents
and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder.

Aha there it is! You should set that at login; not at startup. Another
option would be to put a shortcut to Outlook in your Startup folder.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I do have the option set to hibernate after a period of time when on
battery,
and I do see a "hyerfil.sys" file in addition to the usual
"pagefile.sys".
However, I always fully shut down windows when leaving one location
with
a
complete cold boot when starting up again from the other location.
One
thing
I might add is that there is a short cut in startup to automatically
load
Outlook on system start up.

:

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include
information
on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when
moving
between connections.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

:

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business
with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company
LAN.
At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each
time
I
switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the
first
time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs
with
no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task
manager.
Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and
repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Guest]

You mean which 'email account'? I have two, one from the consumer cable ISP
optimum online, and one from Aplus and hosted domain.

I do have an Intel wireless adaptor. Will poke around and find out how to
set it to be on at start up instead of waiting till logon.

Thanks.

That would depend a bit on your account configuration. Which account are you
using anyway? If you completely disconnect from any network can you start
Outlook succesfully then?

Some wireless cards (like from Intel) have in their provided software the
option to establish the connection at startup already and not after logon.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
I removed Outlook from auto start up, shut down windows, went home,
established Internet connection, then started up Outlook manually and it
worked. I did the same when coming back to the office, allowed the system
to
boot up and established connection with the company LAN before starting up
Outlook manually, and it worked without hanging.

Thank you.............. It seems to be something Microsft should fix Outlook
not to hang but simply update network connection.

Alright; see how that works. Note that with most wireless connections the
connection is established AFTER login. If you start Outlook before that
you
are basically starting it without a network connection. Depending on your
configured accounts this could be impossible or cause a time-out.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
After the auto start at system start up (which will hang) and after I kill
it
with task manager and restart the normal way, then it works. I have not
tried removing it from auto start up and see if it would work the first
time
it starts after system start up.

Ah sorry, I misread. I thought you had created a Scheduled Task to run
at
startup instead of at login.

When you remove the automation and start it manually after the system is
full started does it work then?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I am sorry, but set what at login?

The hypernation option is set in the battery property.

Outlook automatic start is set by having a short cut in the
"C:\Documents
and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" folder.


:

Aha there it is! You should set that at login; not at startup. Another
option would be to put a shortcut to Outlook in your Startup folder.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I do have the option set to hibernate after a period of time when on
battery,
and I do see a "hyerfil.sys" file in addition to the usual
"pagefile.sys".
However, I always fully shut down windows when leaving one location
with
a
complete cold boot when starting up again from the other location.
One
thing
I might add is that there is a short cut in startup to automatically
load
Outlook on system start up.

:

Could you post your exact steps to reproduce? Also include
information
on
whether or not you hibernate your laptop and restart Outlook when
moving
between connections.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
SP2 (11.8010.8036)

POP3

:

What is your build number? Help-> About
What account types are you using?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
I just purchased a new laptop running XP and Office Small Business
with
Outlook 2003. At work it connects to the Internet via the company
LAN.
At
home it connects via a wireless router on a cable modem. Each
time
I
switch
from work to home or home to work and start Outlook 2003 for the
first
time,
it would poll all my email accounts for new mail and then hangs
with
no
error
message. It would not even close unless I kill it with task
manager.
Then
upon openning a second time it works fine. I tried detect and
repair
multiple times, but no luck. Any idea please??

 

[Guest]

I did this today and it works. I have a Dell PC and today is the first time
that I can actually use my Dell PC w/ Outlook 2003.

uninstall the software called "OutlookAddin." It is made by Cyberlink
for Dell and it is known to cause a lot more issues then just this. It
causes a lot of performance overhead as well.