cmsix
07-09-2005, 11:22 PM
I know I'm top posting, but I didn't want to snip this and I didn't
want to make you scroll to the bottom to see the little bit I had to
say.
Thank you Frank Saunders for the tips in this message.
1. Go to Start | Run and type regsvr32 inetcomm.dll
let me fix my brother's ailing Outlook Express from a hundred and
seventy five miles away. I've been picking at Internet Explorer and
Outlook Express since before there was an IE4 and I'm impressed.
Pretty hard to do to, since I've already been to TWO county fairs and
a goat milking too.
cmsix
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in
message news:%23C$iMWQEFHA.3244@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> "Howard Riley" <he_riley@eim.ae> wrote in message
> news:cukg6f$54h14@news-auh.emirates.net.ae
>> I keep my OE store folder in a location separate from the system
>> partition. Recently, I installed Win 2000 and created a User for
>> each
>> member of the family (five of us).
>>
>> I read some time ago that the default 'Main Identity' in OE is not
>> ideal for backup purposes. Therefore, I copied all the .dbx files
>> from their original location (a folder called MainIdent) to a new
>> one
>> called CommIdent and then for each user I created a new identity
>> ("Common Identity") and for that identity mapped the store folder
>> onto the CommIdent folder using Tools-Options... [Maintenance]
>> <Store
>> Folder...>. The intention was to delete the default 'Main Identity'
>> once the new one was up and running OK.
>>
>> Until now, mails have been downloaded using OE on Win Me (I run a
>> multi-boot machine) with a rather large set of mail rules. I wanted
>> at least two of the users on W2K to be able to download mail from
>> the
>> 'family' email account so I needed to recreate the mail rules for
>> those users. I did this using the method from Tom Koch's OE web
>> pages: I exported the registry key containing the mail rules in the
>> Win Me partition; I copied it and renamed the copies to associate
>> them with the W2K user names; for each user, I used Notepad to
>> replace the GUID string in the exported file with the GUID string
>> associated with the 'Common Identity' for that user on the W2K
>> partition; finally, each .reg file was merged with the registry
>> when
>> logged on as the appropriate user.
>>
>> I find now that logged on as one of the family members (NOT the
>> 'me'
>> user) or as administrator, the message text is not shown, either in
>> the preview pane or when a message is opened. All folders and
>> messages are visible as normal, but the content cannot be seen. I'm
>> not sure exactly when this behaviour started because I do not
>> remember checking to see if each user could 'see' the mails'
>> content
>> -- when I associated the folder store with each user, I was content
>> that the proper folders and messages were visible. The message body
>> IS visible using File-Properties.
>>
>> I mentioned that when logged on as 'my' user, OE works OK. My user
>> has more priveleges than other users so possibly this has something
>> to do with it? Or have I screwed up the system with my mail rules
>> jiggery pokery. I can easily roll back with Norton Ghost but that
>> will be a workaround -- things still will not work the way I want
>> them to.
>
> Log on as each User in turn and try the following, testing after
> each step:
>
> From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/blnkmess.htm
>
> Several possible causes and therefor several possible fixes:
> 1. Go to Start | Run and type
> regsvr32 inetcomm.dll
> and press <Enter>
> If this doesn't work carry out step 6 and then repeat this step.
> 2. Go to Tools | Options | Read | Fonts and set Western (ISO) as
> the default.
> 3. Clear Temporary Internet Files and the Temp folder.
> 4. Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus.
> 5. Someone else reported that re-installing OE using the last
> method in this article fixed the problem:
> How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in
> Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378
> Method 2 works on earlier versions of Windows.
> 6. Eliminate any scumware.
> See
> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search
> Engines
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> especially
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch
>
> Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the
> other won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even
> when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those
> two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
> **Post your HijackThis log to
> http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
> http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
> Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and
> CWShredder may be found on this page:
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
> If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem try step
> one (regsvr32 inetcomm.dll) again.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>
>
want to make you scroll to the bottom to see the little bit I had to
say.
Thank you Frank Saunders for the tips in this message.
1. Go to Start | Run and type regsvr32 inetcomm.dll
let me fix my brother's ailing Outlook Express from a hundred and
seventy five miles away. I've been picking at Internet Explorer and
Outlook Express since before there was an IE4 and I'm impressed.
Pretty hard to do to, since I've already been to TWO county fairs and
a goat milking too.
cmsix
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in
message news:%23C$iMWQEFHA.3244@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> "Howard Riley" <he_riley@eim.ae> wrote in message
> news:cukg6f$54h14@news-auh.emirates.net.ae
>> I keep my OE store folder in a location separate from the system
>> partition. Recently, I installed Win 2000 and created a User for
>> each
>> member of the family (five of us).
>>
>> I read some time ago that the default 'Main Identity' in OE is not
>> ideal for backup purposes. Therefore, I copied all the .dbx files
>> from their original location (a folder called MainIdent) to a new
>> one
>> called CommIdent and then for each user I created a new identity
>> ("Common Identity") and for that identity mapped the store folder
>> onto the CommIdent folder using Tools-Options... [Maintenance]
>> <Store
>> Folder...>. The intention was to delete the default 'Main Identity'
>> once the new one was up and running OK.
>>
>> Until now, mails have been downloaded using OE on Win Me (I run a
>> multi-boot machine) with a rather large set of mail rules. I wanted
>> at least two of the users on W2K to be able to download mail from
>> the
>> 'family' email account so I needed to recreate the mail rules for
>> those users. I did this using the method from Tom Koch's OE web
>> pages: I exported the registry key containing the mail rules in the
>> Win Me partition; I copied it and renamed the copies to associate
>> them with the W2K user names; for each user, I used Notepad to
>> replace the GUID string in the exported file with the GUID string
>> associated with the 'Common Identity' for that user on the W2K
>> partition; finally, each .reg file was merged with the registry
>> when
>> logged on as the appropriate user.
>>
>> I find now that logged on as one of the family members (NOT the
>> 'me'
>> user) or as administrator, the message text is not shown, either in
>> the preview pane or when a message is opened. All folders and
>> messages are visible as normal, but the content cannot be seen. I'm
>> not sure exactly when this behaviour started because I do not
>> remember checking to see if each user could 'see' the mails'
>> content
>> -- when I associated the folder store with each user, I was content
>> that the proper folders and messages were visible. The message body
>> IS visible using File-Properties.
>>
>> I mentioned that when logged on as 'my' user, OE works OK. My user
>> has more priveleges than other users so possibly this has something
>> to do with it? Or have I screwed up the system with my mail rules
>> jiggery pokery. I can easily roll back with Norton Ghost but that
>> will be a workaround -- things still will not work the way I want
>> them to.
>
> Log on as each User in turn and try the following, testing after
> each step:
>
> From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/blnkmess.htm
>
> Several possible causes and therefor several possible fixes:
> 1. Go to Start | Run and type
> regsvr32 inetcomm.dll
> and press <Enter>
> If this doesn't work carry out step 6 and then repeat this step.
> 2. Go to Tools | Options | Read | Fonts and set Western (ISO) as
> the default.
> 3. Clear Temporary Internet Files and the Temp folder.
> 4. Turn off email scanning in your anti-virus.
> 5. Someone else reported that re-installing OE using the last
> method in this article fixed the problem:
> How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in
> Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378
> Method 2 works on earlier versions of Windows.
> 6. Eliminate any scumware.
> See
> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search
> Engines
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> especially
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm#Coolwebsearch
>
> Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the
> other won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even
> when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those
> two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
> **Post your HijackThis log to
> http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
> http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
> Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and
> CWShredder may be found on this page:
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
> If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem try step
> one (regsvr32 inetcomm.dll) again.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>
>