try setting up the profile from control panel, mail before opening outlook.

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"Mark" wrote in message
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i am tring to set up outlook. When I open outlook it takes a long time to
open. When i try to set it up with my e mail account it locks up "program
not
reponding". Is something wrong with my program? I went to the link as
directed and got the most recent updates.