Excellent thank you. Solved my identical problem.
> Sorry for the original post.
>
> I have resolved this issue on a client site running exchange.
> It is related to the Office Ribbon freezing.
> I had tried creating a new profile with out success.
> I had tried removing and recreating the outlook data file.
>
> The resolution was to open Word 2007 which displays the original flashing
> office button with the introduction to the office button.
> Once clicking the office button closing Word.
> Outlook has now started to perform correctly.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Rodd Stoeger
>
> "Homer J. Simpson Instructor at Large" wrote:
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> > Outlook 2007 was working great, and this last week it started freezing up.
> > You can open up Outlook, it is stable, open up an email, it shows up in a new
> > window, you can see the To: CC: fields etc, but none of the message. The
> > Office Button is also flashing. At this point Outlook is unusable. Have to
> > close it down with Task Manager. Anyone else seeing this option???