Outlook in Office XP Locks up

to delete your old e-mail accounts.
open windows explorer and go to
C:\Documents and Settings\
"THIS IS YOUR USER NAME" \Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

now delte all the files and you have gotten rid of old e-mail settings.now reinstall outlook

From the forums:
Try repairing your PST file first using the Inbox Repair Tool.

If Outlook starts okay with the /safe swich then the most common causes for
the locking up are:

1. Corrupt messages in your Inbox.
2. Corrupt or damaged Toolbar.
3. Damaged view.
4. Add-in causing the error.

Resolution
For No.1 remove the first or last message in your Inbox depending on how you
sort the Inbox.

If it is No 2 then renaming outcmd.dat (with Outlook closed) should clear
the toolbars, search your hard drive for a file called outcmd.dat and rename it to
outcmd.old then start Outlook
(if this doesn't cure your problem then you can rename the file back to
outcmd.dat and regain any customization of the Toolbars).

For No. 3 the running the /cleanviews command line switch will reset all
views to default for example from the Start > Run > type "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Outlook.exe" /cleanviews with the quotes and the space
before the forward slash. Note your path to outlook.exe may be different.

For No. 4 go to Tools > Options > Other > Advanced Options > Add-ins and
uncheck all the add-ins. Close and restart Outlook, then add the add-ins
one by one (closing and restarting Outlook each time) until you get to the
problematic add-in. Depending on the add-in you may be able to remove it
completely via Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and then re-install a
fresh copy. If after a re-install you are still getting problems with the
add-in then uninstall it again close Outlook do a search for a file called
extend.dat and rename it to extend.old and repeat the installation of
the add-in.

In office XP MS Word as a text editor causes issues with some messages(sending or viewing) when using Outlook 2002. Use a different text editor from windows like notepad or add one like Textpad.

If calender is not needed, then use Outlook Express.

Before you reinstall office:
1. reboot after uninstall
2. remove office componets still in the user profiles and program files(sometimes it will miss a couple)
3. edit the registry to remove Office entries
4. reboot
5. reinstall office,this will be a clean copy

If there is little else on the computer I would fdisk the drive and do a clean install on the machine.

I prefer using Office 2000, it does not have the Outlook/Word issue that XP has.