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Outlook cannot connect "Outlook must be online or connected" error

So ive done some research via google and i cannot find a solution to this problem.

Whenever i try to connect to my exchange 2003 server with my outlook 2010 client i get the error:
"The name cannot be resolved. The connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action"

This error also occured on outlook 2007. I upgraded in hopes that the problem would be resolved but i had no luck. Outlook is setup for an http connection and the cert was manually installed by me into the appropriate cert stores. i have tried with windows firewall off, and with specific rules with the firewall on. No matter how many times i blow away the profile and start from scratch i get the same error.

I am running windows 7 pro with office 2010.
The exchange server is a SBS 2003 box.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.


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waleeda -

I surfed around there earlier but when i try the fix it button it says that the fix does not apply to my OS, manually, there is no RPC folder under the registry in that location.
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That is also a no go....

Thanks.
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It turns out there was a setting that i had configured incorrectly. In addition, when i corrected the settings, Outlook ignored me and i had to reinstall to get it to accept the correct settings. Gotta love Microsoft...