Are there any Office or Outlook related errors recorded in the Application
Event Viewer? Note the eventID number and source.
Also, check your Outlook Add Ins and COMs. Not all are compatible with
Outlook, especially newer versions.
Have there been updates to your operating system, Office, antivirus engine,
firewall, etc.? Do you have antivirus configured to actively scan incoming
and outgoing emails?

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Kathleen Orland - MVP Outlook
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> For no good reason I can think of, when I have outlook open and idling it
> crashes after a few minutes. I also lost the ability to use outlook express
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> I use win xp home
> Office 2003