Microsoft Outlook "connect" irritation

[Chantho]

Since some changes were made to the config of my PC to get a particular application to run, Outlook now asks on startup if I want to "Connect", "Work Offline" etc.
It used to connect without asking, how can I change it back to doing this ?

[DogTown]

If you connecting to an Exchange server then :

On the Tools menu, click E-mail accounts, select View or change existing e-mail accounts, click Next, click Microsoft Exchange Server, and then click Change.

Click More Settings, then click the General tab.

Under When starting, select one of the following:

Automatically detect connection state When Microsoft Outlook starts, if a connection to the Exchange server is not available, Outlook will start in offline mode.

Manually control connection state When Outlook starts, you will be prompted whether you want to work online or offline. This provides you with the ability to work offline, even if a connection to the Exchange server is available.

Hope that helps

[Chantho]

If you connecting to an Exchange server then :

On the Tools menu, click E-mail accounts, select View or change existing e-mail accounts, click Next, click Microsoft Exchange Server, and then click Change.

Click More Settings, then click the General tab.

Under When starting, select one of the following:

Automatically detect connection state When Microsoft Outlook starts, if a connection to the Exchange server is not available, Outlook will start in offline mode.

Manually control connection state When Outlook starts, you will be prompted whether you want to work online or offline. This provides you with the ability to work offline, even if a connection to the Exchange server is available.

Hope that helps

Thanks, that's exactly what was required.