re: Help with outlook express
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 9:23 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by LRM216
(23 messages posted)
Much, much thanks, Jack.
On Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 3:03 am, Jack Gulley wrote:
>As you never activated Outlook Express, you most likely have not updated it
at
>the Microsoft Update site and may not have updated Internet Explorer 6.0 service
>pack 2.
> Go to the Windows Update site (in IE click Tools - Windows Update) and install
>the Critical updated and all the Security updates. (Don't install the .Net or Media
>Player updates.) All of this will take a little time and you will have to reboot
>the system several times. But keep at it until you have most of them done.
> If you have not installed IE 6 sp2, then when you do that will also update your
>old Outlook Express. Let it do so. This should update Outlook Express with all of
>the Security fixes and the last version of it.
> If you already have IE 6 sp2 installed, then to a REPAIR of IE. This might fix
>any problems with Outlook Express at the same time.
> To REPAIR IE 6.0, go to Control Panel, Add/Remove icon, and select (highlight)
>the entry for "Microsoft Internet Explorer ... and Internet Tools" and then click
>the Add/Remove button at the bottom of the window. On the options window, select
>the "Repair Internet Explorer" option and click OK. When it is done reboot the system.
> You do not have to use Outlook Express as there are better e-mail client programs.
>Outlook is not that secure and is what many of the Virus/Worm/Trojans use to get
>into your system. (With DSL you really need a good Anti-Virus program installed
and
>some kind of Firewall. Firewall software is good, but slows the system down some.
>With broadband hooked up through the Ethernet port, I prefer getting a low cost
router
>with built in firewall.) An example of a better e-mail client and is a good safe
>e-mail application program like Mozilla's
>title="Free e-mail client from Mozilla. Netscape Communicator 4.xx was based on
an
>old version of this code.">Thundorbird v1.5.
> 
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