Many seem to have similar or related problems but I haven't been able to find
an answer that helps me.

Background: New Laptop with Vista Home Premium, MS Office 2007 installed and
the office runs Exchange Server 2003 (fully patched as far as I know).

Problem: Cannot connect to the exchange server using HTTP (had no problems
with old laptop running XP).

Facts: (i) finding my mail box/username on the Exchange Server during the
Mail setup process on my laptop - no problem; (ii) setting up the connection
using HTTP via proxy settings - no problem; (iii) completeing the Mail setup
- no problem.

Symptoms: When I open up Outlook, I get prompted for username/pwd (so far so
good), but that's it! Either Outlook times out without ever opening up or I
get error messages that Outlook can't connect to server.

Additional Info: (i) accessing the exchange server via Outlook Web - no
problem; (ii) accessing the exchange server via VPN - no problem; (iii) have
tried accessing from other laptop also running Vista (same setup) - same
problem!!

Would be very grateful for soem help (anyone from Microsoft?)
Thanks

I should mention that the most common error message I get when Outlook fails
to open up is: "Cannot open your default email-folders. Your must connect
to Microsoft Exchange with the current profile before you can synchronize
your folder with your offline folder files."

"Kris63" wrote:

> Many seem to have similar or related problems but I haven't been able to find
> an answer that helps me.
>
> Background: New Laptop with Vista Home Premium, MS Office 2007 installed and
> the office runs Exchange Server 2003 (fully patched as far as I know).
>
> Problem: Cannot connect to the exchange server using HTTP (had no problems
> with old laptop running XP).
>
> Facts: (i) finding my mail box/username on the Exchange Server during the
> Mail setup process on my laptop - no problem; (ii) setting up the connection
> using HTTP via proxy settings - no problem; (iii) completeing the Mail setup
> - no problem.
>
> Symptoms: When I open up Outlook, I get prompted for username/pwd (so far so
> good), but that's it! Either Outlook times out without ever opening up or I
> get error messages that Outlook can't connect to server.
>
> Additional Info: (i) accessing the exchange server via Outlook Web - no
> problem; (ii) accessing the exchange server via VPN - no problem; (iii) have
> tried accessing from other laptop also running Vista (same setup) - same
> problem!!
>
> Would be very grateful for soem help (anyone from Microsoft?)
> Thanks
>
>

You'd be better off posting to an outlook group, rather than an o/s group

"Kris63" <Kris63@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7ED174D3-DF09-4C68-9AD7-54A154845DC4@microsoft.com...
>I should mention that the most common error message I get when Outlook
>fails
> to open up is: "Cannot open your default email-folders. Your must
> connect
> to Microsoft Exchange with the current profile before you can synchronize
> your folder with your offline folder files."
>
> "Kris63" wrote:
>
>> Many seem to have similar or related problems but I haven't been able to
>> find
>> an answer that helps me.
>>
>> Background: New Laptop with Vista Home Premium, MS Office 2007 installed
>> and
>> the office runs Exchange Server 2003 (fully patched as far as I know).
>>
>> Problem: Cannot connect to the exchange server using HTTP (had no
>> problems
>> with old laptop running XP).
>>
>> Facts: (i) finding my mail box/username on the Exchange Server during the
>> Mail setup process on my laptop - no problem; (ii) setting up the
>> connection
>> using HTTP via proxy settings - no problem; (iii) completeing the Mail
>> setup
>> - no problem.
>>
>> Symptoms: When I open up Outlook, I get prompted for username/pwd (so far
>> so
>> good), but that's it! Either Outlook times out without ever opening up or
>> I
>> get error messages that Outlook can't connect to server.
>>
>> Additional Info: (i) accessing the exchange server via Outlook Web - no
>> problem; (ii) accessing the exchange server via VPN - no problem; (iii)
>> have
>> tried accessing from other laptop also running Vista (same setup) - same
>> problem!!
>>
>> Would be very grateful for soem help (anyone from Microsoft?)
>> Thanks
>>
>>