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If you have TCP/IP and NetBEUI protocols bound to the same network card, check how these are configured and in which order they are bound.<br />
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If you have TCP/IP and NetBEUI protocols bound to the same network card, check how these are configured and in which order they are bound.



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Are you using wins for name resolution? of are you using broadcast to resolve names. Try an lmhosts file on your machine.<br />
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192.168.103.10 YOURSERVER #PRE#YOURDOMAIN &nbsp;this will preload netbios name of server and domain it may help you.<br />

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Are you using wins for name resolution? of are you using broadcast to resolve names. Try an lmhosts file on your machine.

example
192.168.103.10 YOURSERVER #PRE#YOURDOMAIN  this will preload netbios name of server and domain it may help you.


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Can anyone assist me in figuring out why it takes over a minute to connect to MS-Exchange 5.5 from outlook 97. &nbsp;Also I installed Outlook98 and that has problems connecting to EXchange 5.5 server(timed out). &nbsp;What can I do to speed up connection?
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Can anyone assist me in figuring out why it takes over a minute to connect to MS-Exchange 5.5 from outlook 97.  Also I installed Outlook98 and that has problems connecting to EXchange 5.5 server(timed out).  What can I do to speed up connection?

Problems with Outlook connection to Exchange 5.5

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.