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Old 04-26-2008   #4 (permalink)
Underwater Mike


 
 

Re: Vista 64 Ultimate and Outlook 2003: Can't connect to ExchangeServer

A little bump. Still no solution. Any thoughts besides abandoning
Vista?


On Apr 13, 12:06 pm, Underwater Mike <UnderwaterM...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> Thanks, but it doesn't seem to have helped. Any other ideas?
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> On Apr 13, 11:20 am, Andy David {MVP}
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> <ada...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:51:47 -0700 (PDT), Underwater Mike
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> > <UnderwaterM...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> > >I recently switched OSes from XP Pro (32-bit) toVista64 Ultimate,
> > >loaded all my software and settings, and went to town. For some
> > >reason,Outlook2003is 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,Outlookwill 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 exitOutlookon theVistabox and try to connect
> > >using my account info on a backup XP box, everything runs smoothly.
> > >Exit the XP box and hop back onto theVistabox, and the problem is
> > >back. And, just to recap, everything worked smoothly on this machine
> > >prior to theVistainstall, 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 inVista:
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> > netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled
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