i had the same prob as when this posted, my outlook would close due to an unknown error, lol,so did icq, and seti for that matter could just be some bugs with my ram disk im working with lol, but thats odd outlook exspress gave my that prob i tryed the 3 finger salute closed er up and started it, same prob i gave up after 20 trys (lol) i guess its time for a format,