I've discovered a way to crash Outlook 2003 while trying to find out how to set personal folders as the default view when opening it (still like to know how, anyone?). Here's how i did it, could someone please confirm it's a wide spread bug and not system specific, thanks.
Outlook 2003, can you crash it, yes you can: First go to tools > options > mail setup > send/receive. Tick schedule and automatic send/receive every five minutes and perform an automatic send/receive when exiting, Click ok x2. Next, Under all mail folders collapse the personal folders tree, right click it and select "add to favourite folders", drag it to the top of the list of favourite folders then exit outlook, walla.