Fix Outlook Issues After Windows Vista Upgrade!

When you upgrade your Windows version to Windows Vista, then you may find issues to work with Outlook properly as it worked perfect before upgradation. The issues can be diverse like –

• You may not be able to start Outlook.
• Outlook might be instable.
• You may not be able to send messages.
• You may not be able to use certain features and so on.

Pointing finger to a particular cause of this issue is very hard, but the thing that people should be aware of is, the longer they use Windows XP and more they install application in their PC, harder is to upgradation process and bigger is the chances of something to go wrong.

Officially Outlook 2003 and 2007 are supported to run on the Windows Vista but if you are using older versions of MS Outlook then you should upgrade to Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 or need to use Windows Mail instead because use of any version previous to Outlook 2003 will cause Vista compatibility issues which is very hard to resolve. But there are ways available using which this Outlook issue can be resolved after Vista upgradation. The steps to perform this task includes –

• Check for Windows update – By downloading and installing the latest update available for your Windows Vista can easily resolve this issue. To perform this task go to the ‘Control Panel’ > ‘Check for updates’ > ‘Change Settings’ (in the left pane) > ‘Use Microsoft Update’ (set this option).
• Reinstall MS Office/MS Outlook – To ensure that all the components are properly and correctly installed and work efficiently reinstall Outlook or Office using CD or DVD. Once it is done, just run Windows Update again to make sure that all the updates for office are applied.

But in case neither of the above mentioned methods succeeded to fix Outlook issue after Vista upgradation then as a last option go for third party PST Repair Vista software which effectively resolves the PST related issue of MS Outlook and makes it work properly and efficiently in Windows Vista.