Loss of outgoing E-mail ability in Outlook

[touchstone]

Am using WinXP Pro OS with Office 2000 Pro suite.

Installed auto update to XP from Microsoft; noticed minutes later that Outlook would no longer allow me to send e-mails, popup states "messaging interface error, restart Outlook if problem persists."

In the past week since this issue first arose, I have restarted Outlook, uninstalled/reinstalled both XP and Office, scanned for virus, defragged, scandisked, jumped up and down, and hundreds of other suggestions, all of them unsuccessful is eliminating the 'message interface error'

I would ask that if there is anyone in here willing to do a remote access, or provide me with guidance as to how to further proceed, (I am a bulldozer mechanic, and WAYYY out of my field of expertise with this dilemma) it would certainly be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

[andyms18a]

hi touchstone and welcom to pc mech
check out this link and download the update for outlook and see if it fixes your problam
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;813517