The truncate tool and the repair tool fixed the problem. Although it has
> "DaveP72" <DaveP72@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:04DA775D-B118-4858-9DAB-54A4EDE82B53@microsoft.com...
>
> > I also tried running 'scanpst.exe' program against the 'outlook.pst' file.
> > I
> > left it running through the night as the .pst file is over 2GB in size.
>
> This is most likely your problem. Outlooks prior to 2003 can't have their
> PSTs exceed about 1.8 GB without problems. Outlook 2002 will warn you when
> you're approaching that limit, but I don't remember if Outlook 2000 would.
> You should investigate this:
>
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>