Address Book in OE will not Load

I recently upgraded a hotmail account to Hotmail Plus so that I could use OE with the account.
Since then I continually receive the following error message.

"The Address Book failed to load. Outlook Express is incorrectly configured, please re-install. "

IE is current and has been updated. I have looked for a stand alone download for OE in order to reinstall but I cannot find it.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks
Mike

 

could this be why?

I received this email in May 2005 -

Dear MSN Member,

Recently, Hotmail® announced that in order to improve customer experience and reduce spam and junk e-mail abuse on MSN® services, Hotmail will no longer allow new e-mail accounts to be accessed via Microsoft® Office Outlook® and Outlook Express.

We are pleased to inform you that because you are an existing and valued customer, at this time your current Hotmail and MSN account(s) are exempt from this restriction and you will be able to continue enjoying access to those accounts from Outlook or Outlook Express. However, any new Hotmail or MSN accounts you create will not be accessible via Outlook or Outlook Express.