Recently, Outlook 2003 seemed to freeze for a few minutes before it would
open. I went to the Control Panel and attempted to "Repair" the application.
In the process of the repair, the program in the Control Panel asked me to
locate a file. I retrieved the Office 2003 CD, placed it in the machine, and
pointed the installation program to the CD. Soon, the repair was done. I was
able to open Outlook with no problem.

However, the next time I attempted to open Outlook, and every attempt since
then, the machine runs a short installation program prior to running the
program. The installation program requires nothing of me and takes just a
short while.

Even though everything works, it is irritating to wait for Outlook to open.
What can I do to fix this problem?

Further information in case it is needed ...

Operating System = Vista Home Premium SP1 (all updates)

RAM = 3 GB

Computer = Acer Extensa Laptop 5620-6830

"Cathie" <c.coovernospam@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:u5ftUbw6IHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Recently, Outlook 2003 seemed to freeze for a few minutes before it would
> open. I went to the Control Panel and attempted to "Repair" the
> application. In the process of the repair, the program in the Control
> Panel asked me to locate a file. I retrieved the Office 2003 CD, placed it
> in the machine, and pointed the installation program to the CD. Soon, the
> repair was done. I was able to open Outlook with no problem.
>
> However, the next time I attempted to open Outlook, and every attempt
> since then, the machine runs a short installation program prior to running
> the program. The installation program requires nothing of me and takes
> just a short while.
>
> Even though everything works, it is irritating to wait for Outlook to
> open. What can I do to fix this problem?