It was scarey, trusting a valued Latitude E6420, to
Windows Repair (v3.8.4)...but it was so abused, so corrupted, we were on the verge of wiping the disk and donating it. So, I tried one last thing...
Windows Repair. But, this time, instead of trying to shortcut, I did ALL the steps: Even though I make 100% daily backups of every computer in the shop, every day (overnight), I followed every step. And, I ran the actual "Windows Repair" final step
twice, as recommended. Then I did a "repair install" of Office 2013 (H&B), and had to remove, root & branch, some Outlook add-ons, to get back to a working, stable system.
Windows 7 SP1 is now working, is stable, and Outlook is rebuilding my IMAP email as I write and I have re-written my procedure for curing seemingly intractable Outlook 2013 problems, and everything is working exactly as it had when it was brand new.
It's time we started giving Shane public credit for what he has done with this suite of products. All together now:
Hooray for Shane!