outlook for mac opens with an error message and closes down

The server XXXXX may not exist or it is unavailable at this time.

Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.

Well yeah, that was one of my old laptops and it sure is no longer there.

This message will only come up when booting up the computer or with certain programs that looked for hard drives or network connections, like bumptop.

Renaming the com.apple.loginitems.plist file in my HomeLibraryPreferences folder to something else (just in case) and restarting the computer solved the problem.

When I restarted the iMac, OS X, most likely, re-created the com.apple.loginitems.plist-file from an older cached file and included only those items that were actually available on the hard drive or the network at the time, leaving out the erroneous entry, hence solving the problem.

Your advice solved my sudden inability to connect two macs on my network.

Not a satisfying one, but at least the hammer get back into the toolbox, and the Macbook is still intact.

For now. btw its amazing how Apple keeps alive the problem for almost a decade now.

What can I do to fix I am not upgrading my laptop to Lion until this fix is satisfied.

When I open movies through the WD disk I didnt get this message, but when I open movies through the TM hard drive Ive got just this message.

Now it works great.

Dont know if the letter caused the problem, or just by changing the name solved it.

In System Preferenced Accounts Login items, my Time Capsule was shown with the Unknown kind.

I deleted the entry and now my system boots without the error.

My Time Capsule is there and is backing up so its still a mystery, but the irritation is gone.

My error is Connection failed when connecting to my TIme Machine.

I OK the message and everything boots and connects as it should, including the Time Machine.

I found out after many weeks of agonizing search and after talking to a Apple helper that my ip address had changed on my HP pc computer.

Outlook For Mac Opens With An Error Message And Closes Down