KB943591 and KB943649 updates causing major OUTLOOK problems

[Samrcat]

I posted this on a different area of the forum (re windows updates) and they
sent me to the OUTLOOK area for help:

All was working on pc. Installed both of these updates 12/18/07.
Update for Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB943591)
Update for Outlook 2003 (KB943649)

Since then I have had lockups, failing to open emails, can't read or reply,
even my Adobe Acrobat Standard gives me an error that never appeared before
the updates were applied:
"There was an error while loading the plug-in 'SaveAsXML.api'. The data
area passed to a system call is too small."

Was told on another forum for ADOBE products that the Outlook needed to be
repaired, then reinstall Acrobat.

Went into Control Panel and those two updates were NOT listed for Add and
Remove. So. HOW can I get my OUTLOOK repaired?

I am running xp pro on office network. Have Office 2002 for
Word/Excel/PP/Access but run Outlook 2003 to be compatible with server. Has
NEVER been issue.

Have since tried to run Detect and Repair on Outlook. Says it was
successful but still can not open emails.

I have lost so much time and effort struggling with this and I am going
nuts! Please help.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Tried disabling the add-in in question?

 

[Diane Poremsky]

what exactly happens when you try to read or reply or open emails?