outlook connects very slowly

[Levent Onen]

Hi,

OL 2K3 SP2 running against Exchange 2K3 SP2. When user launches OL it
says "trying to connect" for several minutes before it actually connects.

Interestingly the same user has no problem connecting to the server from
home (using RPC o/ HTTP) or from a different machine in the office.
Also when other users log in, they don't experience this connection
difficulty on the problem machine.

I have done the following:

- Re-installed OL and SP2
- Re-created user's Outlook profile
- Re-created user's Windows profile.
- Ran detect and repair in OL.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

--Levent

 

[Levent Onen]

Hi,

OL 2K3 SP2 running against Exchange 2K3 SP2. When user launches OL it
says "trying to connect" for several minutes before it actually connects.

Interestingly the same user has no problem connecting to the server from
home (using RPC o/ HTTP) or from a different machine in the office. Also
when other users log in, they don't experience this connection
difficulty on the problem machine.

I have done the following:

- Re-installed OL and SP2
- Re-created user's Outlook profile
- Re-created user's Windows profile.
- Ran detect and repair in OL.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

--Levent

Does anyone have any ideas on this?

 

[CarlosAntenna]

The problem is obviously something in the way that particular machine is set
up. Check the DNS settings, maybe it's having trouble locating the exchange
server.