Outlook should not constantly lock up

[Friedrich]

Office XP keeps locking up.
Seeking your help!

For about a year, several times during the day, Outlook will lock up when I
try to open a file with or without an attachment from any folder.

I then close Outlook and restart it in Safe Mode. It goes through a process
fixing the "Personal Folder" and "Archive Folder" which apparently had not
been closed properly.

I then select “Detect and Repairâ€, which prior to my updating Windows XP Pro
to SP2 resided on my hard drive, now requires me to insert my Office XP Pro
CD. When that is finished I close Outlook and restart it again normally and
agree to the Software License terms.

Outlook runs fine for a while until I have to repeat the process two or more
times a day.

I practice safe computing as best as I can and frequently check for updates
for Windows XP Pro and XP Office (including automatically). I use the FREEDOM
package from Zeroknowledge with Antivirus and Firewall through Telus and I
also check my System with PestPatrol, CounterSpy and Ad-Aware. I also use
JV16 Power Tools to clean my Registry from time to time. I have Norton
Utilities as well and sometimes have to run Win Doctor.

I have a good Pentium 4 Computer with a
Gigabyte P4 GA-8GE667 Pro (845GE) Motherboard, 333 DDR, 533 MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4 GHz CPU
512 MB 333MHz FSB 184 pin DDR RAM
80 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
48x24x48 LG internal CDRW
Windows XP Pro with SP2

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Fred Nitsch
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Shrek]

Office XP keeps locking up.
Seeking your help!

For about a year, several times during the day, Outlook will lock up when
I
try to open a file with or without an attachment from any folder.

I then close Outlook and restart it in Safe Mode. It goes through a
process
fixing the "Personal Folder" and "Archive Folder" which apparently had not
been closed properly.

I then select "Detect and Repair", which prior to my updating Windows XP
Pro
to SP2 resided on my hard drive, now requires me to insert my Office XP
Pro
CD. When that is finished I close Outlook and restart it again normally
and
agree to the Software License terms.

Outlook runs fine for a while until I have to repeat the process two or
more
times a day.

I practice safe computing as best as I can and frequently check for
updates
for Windows XP Pro and XP Office (including automatically). I use the
FREEDOM
package from Zeroknowledge with Antivirus and Firewall through Telus and I
also check my System with PestPatrol, CounterSpy and Ad-Aware. I also use
JV16 Power Tools to clean my Registry from time to time. I have Norton
Utilities as well and sometimes have to run Win Doctor.

I have a good Pentium 4 Computer with a
Gigabyte P4 GA-8GE667 Pro (845GE) Motherboard, 333 DDR, 533 MHz FSB
Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4 GHz CPU
512 MB 333MHz FSB 184 pin DDR RAM
80 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
48x24x48 LG internal CDRW
Windows XP Pro with SP2

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Fred Nitsch
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)

Sounds like a conflict between two or more of those clean-up/protection
utilities.
Stick to one you feel comfortable with and dump the rest.