Can not start Outlook 2003

[kdmenard]

I recently upgraded from Office 97 to Office 2003. All programs seem to work
fine except Outlook. When I start Outlook, a dialog box states..."Migrating
account settings, Migrating preferences, Creating welcome messages, Importing
data"

Then I get another dialog box that states..."Your Microsoft Exchange Server
is unavailable" If I pick the "retry" button, it gives me the same thing.
If I select either of the other two (Work Offline, or Cancel) I get booted
from the program entirely.

Any suggestions how to get around this "feature" and configure my server,
etc., manually?

Thanks for any help.
Kevin

 

[Ron]

I have the exact same problem, and would very much like to see an answer.