I have burned severl hours today on this! What is odd, I have three machines in my office, two identical and the third a laptop. Only one of the PC's experienced this. Any suggestions out there, this novice would really appreicate it!

Until Microsoft resolves this just use Windows Update and remove the KB2412171 update from all machines. Microsoft will eventually fix it. Also change your settings on Windows Update to manual so no updates are automatically downloaded before this is resolved.

I too just spent a few hours on this. I wish I first thought to check if anyone else was having the problem. I thought perhaps I should Archive my Outlook, but then discovered I could not find it!

I noticed several of you mentioned an uninstall. Could someone provide more instructions for how to do this?

Also, any news on a patch to fix the patch?

Thanks!

Open Windows Update from the Control Panel

Select "Installed Updates" from the menu on the left

Select Update #KB2412171 Update for Outlook 2007 from the list

Right click on the update and select Uninstall

Your machine will do the rest.

When it wraps up everything should be back to normal. Microsoft will eventually come out with a new patch replacing the old one.