Oh boy, Doug. I don't run it here myself. You might take a look at this
URL for updates, perhaps one will fix your issues:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/re...ontact+manager
It really isn't my territory, so you would be better off stating your issues
for the Outlook MVPs to have a shot at helping you in the
microsoft.public.outlook.bcm newsgroup. I'd be interested in what they
suggest.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Doug" <Doug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2B03CCFC-B998-495C-9CF2-A2170AEE6A14@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Chris, you've been a big help. I am not running Exchange at all
> and
> messages are archived on a regular basis. But, I was running Business
> Contact Manager for Outlook which I have uninstalled. I no longer get the
> WMS message, but shutdown still takes over five munutes. Occasionally,
> but
> not always, I get the "End Program" message with "IExplorer.exe" still
> running. I have tried to go back to a restore point and have been unable
> to
> do that. I have also tried to run backup in preparation to running my
> recovery disk. The backup utility just locks up and sits in with a
> message
> that it is preparing to back up. I,m about to move my most critical files
> and run the recovery disk. Your thoughts? Doug
>
> "Chris H." wrote:
>
>> Are you running Exchange in conjunction with Outlook? This can happen
>> with
>> that combination or if you haven't archived your Outlook files in a long
>> time. You may be bumping up against a 2 GB barrier on your .pst file
>> itself.
>>
>> One way you could verify this is to shut down Outlook, then immediately
>> check with a Ctrl-Alt-Del to see if Outlook is still running, and if it
>> is,
>> kill it in Windows Task Manager, turn shut down your system and see if
>> your
>> get the WMS error message.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "Doug" <Doug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BF27D9D8-C343-4197-B0BF-E3720DA58622@microsoft.com...
>> > Not running CryptoEx. Any other suggestions?
>> >
>> > "Chris H." wrote:
>> >
>> >> Could be several things, Doug, and only you would know what you've got
>> >> running on your system. Are you running something called CryptoEx
>> >> with
>> >> Outlook in an Exchange situation? I've seen this issue reported with
>> >> CryptoEx v3. The solution is to disable the add-in for Outlook
>> >> because
>> >> it
>> >> is forcing a function to remain open even after Outlook is closed by
>> >> the
>> >> user.
>> >> --
>> >> Chris H.
>> >> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> >> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> >> Associate Expert
>> >> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Doug" <Doug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:D5181571-863E-47F1-96C2-C9B42EFD8DEF@microsoft.com...
>> >> > During Shutdown I receive the following message "End Program WMS
>> >> > Idle"
>> >> > Even
>> >> > if I choose "End now" shutdown is very slow, taking over 5 minutes.
>> >> > What
>> >> > is
>> >> > WMS, why is it "idle", what can I do?
>> >> > --
>> >> > Doug
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>