strange problem since sp2

[dtro]

I just noticed this recently. Since I installed sp2 I have this weird problem. When I am in Outlook and the pointer passes over the printer icon the program (outlook) hangs and then stops responding. I tried "repairing" outlook and that seemed to help for a little bit. Now it is happening again.
The printer is a Canon S600 and is networked through my desktop running win98se.
I've also scanned for viruses and spywarwe.

[GaryRouth]

Seems like your first try would be to run the repair again. It does seem like a registry setting might be off and is causing some trouble -
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=ofw2k

If you haven't installed the latest patches for Outlook (is it Outlook 2000? - I think their latest Office Service Pack is SP3), you could try that as well. Visit the MS Office website for more info and links to the patches.

[. . . And I'm assuming the SP2 in your thread title is for XP's SP2, and not Office SP2].
. . . Gary

[the other thing to check would be any firewall settings on the two machines - in case communication with the printer is getting blocked, and Outlook is left hanging]