Thanks, but it doesn't seem to have helped. Any other ideas?
On Apr 13, 11:20 am, Andy David {MVP}
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> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:51:47 -0700 (PDT), Underwater Mike
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> <UnderwaterM...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote:
> >I recently switched OSes from XP Pro (32-bit) to Vista 64 Ultimate,
> >loaded all my software and settings, and went to town. For some
> >reason, Outlook 2003 is having excessive difficulty connecting to my
> >hosted Exchange account. I'll get a "trying to connect" message for
> >up to a couple minutes before I am prompted for the password. After
> >that, Outlook will sometimes stay connected and sometimes will not.
> >(No pattern there; just seems random.) Other times, the connection
> >will time out without ever asking me for my password.
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> >My Exchange host (1&1) says that the problem is not on its end, and I
> >tend to agree. If I exit Outlook on the Vista box and try to connect
> >using my account info on a backup XP box, everything runs smoothly.
> >Exit the XP box and hop back onto the Vista box, and the problem is
> >back. And, just to recap, everything worked smoothly on this machine
> >prior to the Vista install, which was a clean wipe and reformat. I am
> >also not having issues with any other Internet-related activity -- web
> >browsing, FTP, gaming -- nor is there any issue when connecting to a
> >POP source. It's only Exchange that is giving me headaches.
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> >Does anyone have any ideas what the issue could be and how to fix it?
> >I note that a Google search yields a lot of similar posts, but no
> >resolution.
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> >Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.
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> Try turning off autotuning in Vista:
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> netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled