How frozen?
Is it likely to come back to life if you go away and have a cup of tea for ten minutes?

Failing that, Outlook is usually quite good and saving drafts automatically, so there's a good chance you'll only have lost what you typed in, say, the last five minutes.

If, of course, you either typed far too much to remember in the last five minutes and/or really don't trust your computer, I'd grab a pen and paper... EDIT: Sorry, just re-read your post - is that to say everything has disappeared from the screen?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 8 Dec 2010, 16:13, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

IT HAS ALL GONE
ALL OF IT

i hate computers with a passion, i really really do.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Dec 2010, 16:16, Reply)

Presumably you're running Outlook on the same computer that's allowing you to post these messages of distress?
If so then you may have just to play the waiting game.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 8 Dec 2010, 16:17, Reply)

And if all else fails. You're a hot-shot lawyer and Bill Gates has loads of money.

(Cave Duck, Wed 8 Dec 2010, 16:24, Reply)

IT tell me that the log-in for my outlook expired
they can't tell me why

and they can't retrieve the email. possibly because i got impatient and just turned the computer off at the socket.

stupid computer, why did it decide to expire its own log-in? argh.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Dec 2010, 16:27, Reply)

Hmm.
Do you have one of those systems that logs you off if it doesn't detect any activity for half an hour or so in the name of security?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 8 Dec 2010, 16:32, Reply)

no...............

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 8 Dec 2010, 16:56, Reply)

You should sue your IT department for one-hours labour
And any additional costs.

That'll teach 'em.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 8 Dec 2010, 17:04, Reply)