Help !!! We have no idea why we can't open our Microsoft 2003 Outlook
today. We've used it for about 3 years without a hitch.

We shut the system down as normal last night, no windows were open. Today
when we attempted to check our mail we got a popup window with the
following:

* Cannot start MS Outlook
* Unable to open the Outlook Window
* The set of folders could not be opened
* The server is not available
* Contact your adminstrator if this problem persists.

The outlook.pst file is less than 1MB.

Fearing the worst, we copied and pasted the outlook.pst and the
archive.pst files to an external drive. We also backed up all of our "My
Documents" folder and files.

Like everyone else we really rely on email and really need some help. What
should we do?

The computer is a Dell Dimension 8400 - 3 yrs old. Our OS is XP-SP2.

We're considering reinstalling MS Office 2003, but that seems very drastic.
If we re-install should we first uninstall what's on the system.

We are very concerned - any help would really be appreciated. Thank you.