If Outlook is stuck in offline mode or shows a message called ‘Working offline‘ on the user interface, here is how you can get rid of this problem. Whether you use a Work, School, or regular account, ...
You would have to find the registry keys for it, export them to a .reg file, and use regedit /s regfile.reg to change it.
Basically, the issue is that I use FeedDemon to fetch my RSS feeds for reading offline at work. When I get home (and online again) and go to load the Zune software or Evernote (among other programs), ...