Installing Office for Mac 14.2.4 ERASED my Outlook Identity - all my emails, con acts, calendar entries...gone!   
Rebuilding from a back up (pre-14.2.4 Identity) only erases that Identity as well.  

Help!!  Any solutions besides uninstalling?
(this happened with SP2 as well!  Why again in SP3?!)
I allowed the automatic update to install the most recent service pack for Office for Mac 2011.  When I opened Outlook all my settings were gone and all the emails I had saved (including "sent" emails) were gone.  How do I restore the settings and files?
My friends does not show up as online on messenger direct on my computer, but if I log in on messenger via hotmail  I can communicate with them!

What is the cause of this problem? I have seen this the last three days. Installing the latest updated version did not help - and the one before was only installed in april this year...

BR / Hans