I am running Outlook 2000 on a Windows XP Pro machine. I connect to my Exchange Server at work from home for my email, using a broadband Internet connection and Symantec Enterprise 7.0.1 VPN software.
The problem that I have is Outlook takes about 2minutes to start up (seems to freeze on the outlook splash screen, until eventually the password prompt appears)and connect and then a further 2minutes to disconnect.
I always start VPN software first, make sure I can ping my Exchange Server (which always works), and then load up Outlook.
It used to connect straight away in the past.
What I then found out was that if I went into Control Panel -> Mail, Show Profiles and created a new connection to the server it, I can use that and it will connect straight away first time its used. However when I try to use it a second time, I again get the 2minute delay.
After this I decided it must be an Outlook problem so I reinstalled Outlook and Office. This has no effect.
Can anyone give me any help with this, as it’s really annoying.
The problem that I have is Outlook takes about 2minutes to start up (seems to freeze on the outlook splash screen, until eventually the password prompt appears)and connect and then a further 2minutes to disconnect.
I always start VPN software first, make sure I can ping my Exchange Server (which always works), and then load up Outlook.
It used to connect straight away in the past.
What I then found out was that if I went into Control Panel -> Mail, Show Profiles and created a new connection to the server it, I can use that and it will connect straight away first time its used. However when I try to use it a second time, I again get the 2minute delay.
After this I decided it must be an Outlook problem so I reinstalled Outlook and Office. This has no effect.
Can anyone give me any help with this, as it’s really annoying.
