Posted by Hugh Nations Signing Agents of Austin on 1/25/08 4:44pm
Msg #232395

Outlook issue

I have a strange issue with Outlook on my computer. The program keeps opening up in the middle of whatever I am doing, whether it's working on the Net, creating a Word document, doing something in a DTP program (in fact, it just opened up!), or whatever.

It doesn't matter if I kill it out; shortly, it will be back, unbidden. Sometimes, it is so insistent that I can toggle back to the program I was in before Outlook opened, and it is back up even before I have taken my fingers off the toggle keys. If I turn off everything down to the desktop, Outlook will eventually crop up. It's always there when I check in in the morning (I leave my computer on, screen off, all the time). There is no consistency; sometimes, it doesn't bother to show itself for long periods, sometimes it's almost frantic in trying to keep control of the screen.

My techie has looked and looked, but has been unable to ascertain what's going on. There is no command in Outlook itself that is bidding it to open up, and he has axed all sorts of miscellaneous stuff in my system trying to clean it up as much as possible. Nothing has worked.

Has anyone else ever encountered a similar problem, or does anyone have any ideas as to what the cause could be?

Reply by Susan Fischer on 1/25/08 4:50pm
Msg #232396

This often happens with neglected things. They get so

lonely.

Try doing something with it now and then. Place a note on the calendar, changing a setting, anything that will let it know you still care.

Reply by Hugh Nations Signing Agents of Austin on 1/25/08 6:02pm
Msg #232415

Re: This often happens with neglected things. They get so

Good idea, Susan. Of course, that never would have been an issue if Outlook just had platinum blonde hair and a big chest.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 1/25/08 6:30pm
Msg #232420

That is a given, Hugh. But see? Vince said 'do this' and

you paid attention, and now it is happy.

Not as happy, I grant you, as the PB, but contented in its own rascally way.

Reply by Vince/KS on 1/25/08 4:59pm
Msg #232397

Just a thought.

For Windows Office XP version of Outlook, please navigate to the send/receive OFFLINE options as follows:
Tools - Options - Mail Setup - Send/Receive. You will see two boxes on the bottom of that page- are both unchecked?

Reply by Dennis D Broadbooks on 1/25/08 5:35pm
Msg #232407

Try This...

Do you have the original MS Office Outlook installation disk? Plug it into your DVD & when it starts up it'll ask if you want to "install", "repair", or "remove". Try "repair" first to see if that solves the problem. If that doesn't do it then "remove" & reinstall. BTW, make a backup of your data before you do anything.

Reply by Lee/AR on 1/25/08 5:36pm
Msg #232408

Back everything important to you up NOW

I recently had a motherboard just burn out. It took a couple of weeks to go completely blue screen but the first thing that acted up was--you guessed it--Outlook. Hope I'm wrong & hope you find the problem to be much, much simpler to solve.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 1/25/08 5:37pm
Msg #232409

Are you running Norton Internet Security in the background, or anything else that scans your email for viruses?

Reply by Hugh Nations Signing Agents of Austin on 1/25/08 6:22pm
Msg #232416

I run AVG.

At this point, I have followed Vince's suggestion, and have gone at least 10 minutes without Outlook insisting that I pay attention to it. Maybe, just maybe...

Reply by Ndwa on 1/25/08 7:08pm
Msg #232430

Maybe your computer is possessed by a cyber ghost. If it persist, a good test would be to disconnect your computer from the internet as it's the blood line for viruses.

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 1/26/08 11:54am
Msg #232517

click run, then enter "msconfig". Click ok Click the startup tab, then uncheck outlook and anything else you don't want to start at boot then restart your computer.

Now this does mean that you will have to start it manually when you want to use it, but that's what most people want to do anyway, right. This will also free up RAM and you won't have as many programs that you arent using running in the background.

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 1/26/08 12:01pm
Msg #232524

actually

double checking, Outlook may be under the services tab. I don't use it, so I don't have it loaded on my computer, so I am not certain which tab it would load itself. But the procedure is the same. Look around, you would be surprised on how much crap that you don't need runs on your computer.