OK. As a brain check, let's summarise what the problem is and what didn't work so far.
1. Machine is a new core i5 w/3.20 processor and 8gb memory with Win 7 home professional 64bit.
2. Trying to install Office XP professional, then upgraded to Enterprise 2007. Both had exactly the same problem. Problem is: Everything appears to install properly and Office profiles and .pst files are all good. I set up my email account in Outlook and it finds my email settings, automatically loads them into my profile and It can send a test email to confirm. Test email does come through (retrieved at another machine). Now, I hit "Send/Receive" to get emails from my Pop email server and I get the following message. "An error occurred. An object can not be found". It does not indicate what object it's looking for.
3. I created my own test email and "sent" it using the send button on the new email itself. It promptly and correctly goes into the Outbox. However, when I hit Send all, I get an out of memory error and am asked to close some programs or files. Nothing else is running at that time and upon checking, I have plenty of memory available at that time.
4. This appears to be a problem where a file or dll or registry entry, etc. is missing and it appears this has nothing to do with Outlook. I say that because I tried un and re installing Office several times - always with exactly the same error.
5. Other email programs on this machine work fine, Windows Live mail for example. I can retrieve mail, send and receive, etc. on the same email account.
The Office software installed on my other machine (Win XP Pro) works perfectly including Send/Receive.
6. Possibilities
a. this is a win 7 issue
I don't think so because other win 7 users are running the same software.
b. A file is missing. However, reinstalling Office doesn't fix the problem
c. An Office setting/profile,pst,srs file is corrupt.
After uninstalling all the sofware, I deleted everything I could find on my computer left from Outlook and Office.
I also ran msciuu2 to clean up the registry.
I also ran every "fix it" offered on the Outlook forum pages suggested by you various posters.
7. The problem exists exactly as before: Can't Send/Receive - an object can't be found.
I'm stumped. Any suggestions from the Outlook Pro's?