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220-1002 Question #237: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is D: Rebuild the user's mail profile. The critical observation is that the email application works correctly under the technician's account but consistently freezes under the affected user's account on the same machine. This is a user-specific problem, not a system-wide software issue-which rules out software updates

Question

A user is working on a shared computer and attempts to open the email application, which freezes when opened. A technician logs into the computer, and the email application works without issue. The technician has the user log back in, but the application still freezes when opened. Which of the following is the NEXT step the technician should take to resolve the issue?

Options

  • ACheck for and apply software updates
  • BPerform repair installation on the application
  • CAdd the user to the local administrators group
  • DRebuild the user's mail profile

Explanation

The critical observation is that the email application works correctly under the technician's account but consistently freezes under the affected user's account on the same machine. This is a user-specific problem, not a system-wide software issue-which rules out software updates or a repair installation (those would affect all accounts equally). The most targeted next step is rebuilding the user's mail profile, which recreates the email configuration from scratch and clears any corruption in the user's cached settings or profile data. Adding the user to local admins (C) is a security risk and irrelevant to a mail profile problem.

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