Microsoft Exchange Server Not wanted

[Paul RVT]

I have a PC which was used with a microsoft Exchage server utilising Exchange
2003. I stopped using exchange but could still see it detailed in the email
accounts along with my private POP and SMTP accounts. I backed up to a .pst
files then ugraded to Microsoft office professional 2007. Outlook 2007
refuses to start as it tries to import the files and profiles, after a short
time itinforms me it cannot conntec to the Exchange Server, the program then
closes down. I then completely removed outlook 2003 and 2007, then
reinstalled 2007, thinkiing i would have a fresh install, but it attempts the
import again with the same results. Help. If I try and revert to a checkpoint
on my system to before the upgrade I get a windows installer patch package
error. This I have tried to fix with a register repair program, no luck. Any
thoughts as to how I can solve this issue. If I can get 2007 up and running
can I import the .pst from 2003 or will that again brng in the exchange
server. Sorry for the essay

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

No apologies necessary, what you need to do is remove the Exchange account
from your e-mail profile. You should have been able to do this via the mail
applet in the control panel. Since I'm not sure where you are in the
process of what version of Outlook you have installed, just nuke the
registry keys that handle your e-mail account setup. They are located
under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles


Here is a detailed way of doing this...

1) Start Regedit and navigate to the location mentioned above
2) Delete the string value named "DefaultProfile"
3) Delete all folders under the "Profiles" folder
4) Close regedit


Note: If you do not like using Regedit, you can create a new userid under
XP/Vista and then switch to it permanently. Then you can delete the old
userid/profile.