That's what I feared ... that Outlook does a preliminary check when it
loads and before it even attempts to render an e-mail. Looks like
you're still stuck trying to fix the IE problem you noted in another
thread in the IE newsgroup.
I remember from the other thread that you said you tried the Repair on
Microsoft Office. Have you ever performed the Repair on Windows 7.
This performs an in-place reinstall of Windows to step on most files and
registry entries in a current instance of Windows. You then follow with
a visit to the Windows Update site (but this time deselect any IE
updates past version 9 or whatever maximum version you want).
Did you ever create a system repair disc? See "Create a system repair
disc" in Windows' own help. If not, did you install Windows 7 on an
non-partitioned hard disk? When installing, Windows 7 won't alter the
partitions on the hard disk and install itself in one partition using
the free disk space. If there are no partitions on the hard disk,
Windows 7 creates 2 partitions: 100 MB recovery partition and the rest
(using the specified size during installation) is used for the OS
partition. If you have the 100 MB recovery partition, search Windows'
own help on "startup repair" to see how to use it. You can also read:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...ns#what-are-system-recovery-options=windows-7
and click on the "To open the System Recovery Options menu on your
computer". Just like with prior versions of Windows, you have to hit F8
as Windows *first* starts to load to get at the Windows boot menu. You
may need the Windows installation CD. I cannot speak from personal
experience but I have yet needed to do the in-place reinstall (repair)
of my Windows 7 installation (and you can bingle as well as I can).
If this is a pre-built computer with the OS pre-installed (i.e., you
bought a computer already made and it came with Windows 7 already
installed) then it's likely there is a boot-time rescue option; however,
that likely restores the OS partition to a factory-time image and you'll
lose all apps you installed, OS and app tweaks, and your data on that
partition. Their rescue will do the same as you using a Windows install
CD and opting to format the partition before installing Windows (but you
would have to install all the drivers and bundleware the OEM included).
I don't recall and don't want to search your IE thread but ... have you
yet tried using System Restore to restore to a point in time before you
installed the the IE11 update?
Oh, by the way, after you uninstalled IE11, did the Windows Platform
Update (KB2670838), coined the "Evil Update", also disappear? IE10+
won't work on Windows 7 without the install of that update. That's
because it relies on methods (functions) available in a later version of
DirectX. The DX platform is included in Windows 8 but had to get
backported for use on Windows 7. When you do the IE10+ update
(install), it includes the DirectX platform update; see the following:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2670838
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/jj863687.aspx
I don't remember if an uninstall of IE11 also uninstalls the DX platform
update but I do know an uninstall of the DX platform update will force
an uninstall of IE10+.