Outlook 2011 for mac no longer syncs with calendar and contacts

Hi all,
Not sure whether the recent security update botched up my sync, but after recently upgrading to MS Office with Outlook 2011 for the Mac, my contacts and calendar items no longer sync. I've applied the revised security patch to no avail. In fact, I noticed that my contacts were no longer syncing prior to the security update, and in the last day or so, I have noticed that calendar items have ceased to sync. I've tried all of the Microsoft and Apple knowledge-based recipes to correct the problem, but it persists. I may be missing something, or performed the steps out of sequence, but I've tried them many times and I'm sure at least once was to the letter.
The oddity is that the problem appears to be a broken link between iCal and Outlook via the sync process, which uses MobileMe and is administered through iTunes. Perhaps someone has a straightforward instruction set to fix that link?
Is anyone else having this problem of late? I am on Snow Leopard, 10.6.8 on a 2011 MBP with MS Office 2011 and SP1 installed.
Thanks much in advance for any helpful advice.

Thanks Julian for the suggestion. Unfortunately all still checked out and nothing amiss. However, after reinstalling OS 10.6.8 it appears that my calendar items are syncing once again, but not my contacts. I appreciate the suggestion none the less.
This same thing seems to happen each time I've upgraded Office with the associated version of Entourage, and now Outlook. Ah, well..nothing's ever simple. But I am thoroughly enjoying Outlook and the rest of the Office suite.

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