I am having the same problem on 2 newly reinstalled Dell Laptops.
> Have you managed to get round this problem, you have described the problem I
> have.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
>
>
> "corpengineer" wrote:
>
> > Hello there:
> > We have a machine that was reinstalled w/ XP Pro SP3 (parallel install, not
> > wiped). Install went okay, but after installing Office '03, Outlook opens w/
> > error 'The operation failed due to a registry or installation problem...'.
> > Also, when going to create a new email profile, we get error messages that it
> > can't access the registry, when we click on the buttons (add emaill account,
> > etc.) nothing happens. Don't want to wipe the machine completely, is there a
> > way to reinstall the mail profiles component, and/or all the mail components.
> > Tried add/remove, no luck.
> > Thanks.
> > -Jonathan