Error message in Outlook 2003 or in Outlook 2002: "This information service has not been configured"

You may receive the following error message when you start Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Outlook 2002 or when you click Personal Folders in the folder view list:

This issue may occur if your e-mail account is configured to use a Microsoft Outlook data file that is unavailable or that does not exist.

To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods to remove the reference to the missing Outlook data file.

Method 1

1. Start Outlook.
2. In the navigation pane, right-click the folder that is associated with the missing Outlook data file.
3. Click Close Folder_Name.
   
   Note Folder_Name is the folder that is associated with the missing Outlook data file.
4. Restart Outlook.

Method 2

1. Start Outlook.
2. On the File menu, click Data File Management.
3. Click the folder that is associated with the missing Outlook data file, and then click Remove.
4. Restart Outlook.