Outlook XP requiring OE Identity

[Nancy T.]

I am running Windows XP and have Outlook Express 6 and just upgrade from
Office 2000 to Office XP. I use Outlook for my work e-mail, and I use OE to
check my personal Hotmail account. I have OE set up with an Identity that
requires a password since it is my personal stuff. Now for my problem. Since
upgrading to Office XP, whenever I open Outlook, it opens the same Identiy
Login dialog box that OE uses. I need to hit the Cancel button or the X
(Close) button in the upper right corner. It is not that big of a deal, but
it is rather annoying. Any ideas on why this is happening and how I can stop
it?

On a side note, when I upgraded to Office XP, Outlook did not transfer my
e-mail account from my older version. I had to set it up all over again,
which seemed rather odd. All my e-mails and contacts were intact, though.

 

[William Lefkovics [MVP]]

I'm going by memory here, but in Outlook under Tools-->Options-->Other...
Is there a box selected that wants to know your messenger login to show
online status?

 

[batgirl_520]

No, there are no options like that available. Under
Tools-->Options-->Other there is:

General - for Emptying deleted items upon exiting and making Outlook
the default program.

AutoArchive

Preview Pane

Instant Messaging

Any other thoughts or suggestions?

Nancy

 

[Brian Tillman]

No, there are no options like that available. Under
Tools-->Options-->Other there is: ....snip...
Instant Messaging

And have you disabled this?

 

[Nancy T.]

Sorry it took so long to respond. I have been out of town.

Anyhow, yes, I did disable Instant Messaging. It hasn't changed anything. It
still opens up the Identity Login dialog box in Outlook XP.

Nancy