Outlook connector prompting to upgrade

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Stagger

Morning all,

Opened Outlook 2007 thismorning and I was prompted to upgrade Outlook
connector, accepted the upgrade as it woud not let me access hotmail
otherwise. When outlook shutdown to install the connector I was given a
repair/remove option in the connector installer, selected repair. When
outlook restarted I was again prompted to upgrade connector. Have now tried
both repair/remove and various combinations of rebooting my PC during the
install all with no effect. I still can't access hotmail though outlook.
Anyone else seen this? The latest connector I have found on MS site is sept
09 so I should aready have this as its a fresh Win7 install on my PC from
about Feb this year.
 
D

Duncan McC

Morning all,

Opened Outlook 2007 thismorning and I was prompted to upgrade Outlook
connector, accepted the upgrade as it woud not let me access hotmail
otherwise. When outlook shutdown to install the connector I was given a
repair/remove option in the connector installer, selected repair. When
outlook restarted I was again prompted to upgrade connector. Have now tried
both repair/remove and various combinations of rebooting my PC during the
install all with no effect. I still can't access hotmail though outlook.
Anyone else seen this? The latest connector I have found on MS site is sept
09 so I should aready have this as its a fresh Win7 install on my PC from
about Feb this year.
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Answers posted several times now (you haven't looked have you) :)

The latest connector installer is actually here...

Direct link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39db2b89-af2e-
41f9-a175-f93e1377959f&displaylang=en

If unable to unwrap that line, use the link to it, here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx
 
S

stconnolly

Same thing happened to me: selecting repair just kept in loop of downloading
the upgrade without any effect. I tried to remove and install the upgrade
but ended up with a fatal error that wouldn't allow outlook to launch. So I
had to do a system restore. Outlook refuses to connect to my hotmail account
without the upgrade. Frankly the old connector was pretty bad. This may be
MS's way of getting rid of non-Exchange users....
 
M

Mark

I experienced the exact same phenomena this afternoon at 5:00. I was prompted
to 'upgrade' to the new Outlook Connector. Endless loop resulted and Outlook
2007 can no longer access new .msn EMail. Can this be a virus? "Stagger"
wrote:
 
T

Tom

So is the Outlook Hotmail Connector the *answer* to this problem?? Have you actually tried it? Its crippled compared to the OC v12.1 - it doesn't sync all folders like OC12.1 unless you have Outlook 2010...
 
B

Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

So is the Outlook Hotmail Connector the *answer* to this problem?? Have you
actually tried it?
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Yes, I have.
Its crippled compared to the OC v12.1 - it doesn't sync all folders like
OC12.1 unless you have
Outlook 2010...
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This doesn't seem true for me.
 
B

BigDot

I just posted a reply on here, where is it?

I have downloaded, installed, restarted, etc, HOW DO I GET RECONNECTED TO
HOTMAIL? I have an existing password and I want to use it. I'm not getting
any request for a password when I open outlook 2003.
 
B

BigDot

"Haven't looked"? The minute I saw this "upgrade" I knew it would be a huge
hassle because every Microsoft "upgrade" is a huge hassle.

First I got the loop, then I found a supposedly correct link, then removed
Outlook Connector, then re-installed from the correct link, and restarted.
So I have it, but the password request isn't coming up. I see the Account
Services on Outlook 2003 but I don't see how to reconnect to Hotmail
reliably. Why does this have to be such a bloody nuisance?
 

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