I have an ongoing problem with Outlook 2003 (running on XP SP2 all up to
date). Within about ten minutes of starting up Outlook I suddenly loose near
all functionality in the program. I can open emails, read them and move them
about. However the "New", "Reply", "Reply to All" and "Forward" options all
gray out and are unuseable. Similarly, I can no longer copy email addresses
or chunks of text out of emails - I can select the text, right click it and
select Copy, however the text isn't copied to the clipboard.

To get round this, I have to shutdown Outlook (then enter task manager and
kill the Outlook process that's still there) and then restart. It will then
return with full functionality, albeit for a few minutes. Any ideas?
Driving me barmy. I've tried a full reinstall and also a repair but with no
luck....

Have you tried a new mail profile?

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After furious head scratching, sticky asked:

| I have an ongoing problem with Outlook 2003 (running on XP SP2 all up
| to date). Within about ten minutes of starting up Outlook I suddenly
| loose near all functionality in the program. I can open emails, read
| them and move them about. However the "New", "Reply", "Reply to All"
| and "Forward" options all gray out and are unuseable. Similarly, I
| can no longer copy email addresses or chunks of text out of emails -
| I can select the text, right click it and select Copy, however the
| text isn't copied to the clipboard.
|
| To get round this, I have to shutdown Outlook (then enter task
| manager and kill the Outlook process that's still there) and then
| restart. It will then return with full functionality, albeit for a
| few minutes. Any ideas? Driving me barmy. I've tried a full
| reinstall and also a repair but with no luck....