Thanks Diane, Don't know how long it woud have taken me to research on my
own. I really appreciate your reply. All is fine in Outlook

Carmen


"Diane Poremsky" wrote in message
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ok... with outlook closed, either go to control panel, mail (use classic
view of control panel) or right click on the start menu icon for Outlook
(if present - you may have OE shown instead) and choose properties. This
opens the profile dialog. Click Show profile, then Add a profile. give it
a name - choose Internet email acct on the first screen then cancel on the
Add New acct screen where it asks for your mail acct info. Outlook will
create a profile without an email acct.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/new_profile.htm

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"Carmen O Donnell" wrote in message
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Thanks for the real fast reply. I want to use Outlook Express for my
email. However I do use some of the other features in Outlook, calendar
etc. I cannot even open Outlook. Sorry to sound so inept, however I
don't even know what the "connector" is & how to access it.
Where is the help menu? When I go to Programs/MicrosoftOffice, I show 3
applications : MS Word, MS Office Tools. I went to recover application
and chose to recover but it brings up a little window referncing
"profile" Can't I use Outlooks other features without using the email? I
remember having access to both Outlook and Outlook express?/

Thanks for all your help again,
Carmen

Before the machine was repaired and reformatte, I was able to import my
"contacts"
"Diane Poremsky" wrote in message
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mscon is the outlook connector to bring msn/hotmail into outlook. now...
do you want to use Outlook or Outlook Express? Outlook Express uses the
wab, outlook does not.

I would start with detect and repair (help menu) and then reinstall the
connector.

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"Carmen O Donnell" wrote in message
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Can someone please help me. I have Office 2003 and when I try to open
MS Outlook it won't open. I get a message "An unexpected error has
occurred MAPI was unable to load the information service mscon.dll. Be
sure the service is correctly installed and configured" and when I
click on OK Outlook closes.

I just got my notebook back from being repaired and I had been trying
to put a saved address book into Outlook Express. I may have done
something when I tried to open a wab file and got a message: vcard is
not your default address book. It seems the only option was to take OK
when asked : do you want to change your default something. Can't
remeber - getting too old I'm running XP Sp2. Any help would be
greatly appreciated..I use the calendar in Outlook and Word mostly

Thanks again in advance
Carmen