Hi,
please remove hot mail account and restart outlook.
the people what will do is when upgraded office 2003 to 2007 0r 2007 to 2010 first time when creating profile microsoft get prompt do you want to sync (connect ) with hot mail when they click yes it goes connected outlook but after clicked it
says Microsoft Office system software has stopped working .
even if you create new profile also won't work.
Resolution: Login as Administrator and create one profile for you then log off. re-login with user machine and click it outlook ( 2010 ) again outlook says do you want to connect with hotmail ..say No to ok and apply new profile will be created and
connect with exchange directly.
Let know if you required further communication
Regards,
Narasimha-Infor GHD l