This seems to be normal for the 2003 version. The program runs in the system tray until you reboot and continues to receive messages. It makes sense that you would not need to put in a password again, because the program has never really closed. I often close the active window and re-open it several times before rebooting. However, after initially launching Outlook 2003, my hot key will not re-activate the program and I have to go to either the start menu or the desktop icon to see the window again. I cannot seem to do anything with the Outlook menu in the system tray. I know another person with 2003 with the same experience. I am curious if everyone running the 2003 version has the same experience. 2002 did not exhibit any of these behaviors. Cher