I am trying to add a user profile on my computer. Everything goes fine
until I try to activate an email account. I put in the user name, in and
out address, etc., but the program locks up before the email activates. I
have deleted the user and tried adding another a number of times, with the
same result. Any suggestions.

I am running XP Professional with SP3
"longmere" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am trying to add a user profile on my computer. Everything goes fine
>until I try to activate an email account. I put in the user name, in and
>out address, etc., but the program locks up before the email activates. I
>have deleted the user and tried adding another a number of times, with the
>same result. Any suggestions.
>

longmere wrote:

> I am running XP Professional with SP3
> "longmere" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>I am trying to add a user profile on my computer. Everything goes fine
>>until I try to activate an email account. I put in the user name, in and
>>out address, etc., but the program locks up before the email activates. I
>>have deleted the user and tried adding another a number of times, with the
>>same result. Any suggestions.

Your post is a bit confusing. You add computer users in Control Panel>User
Accounts. That has nothing to do with email. You add another email address
for which you want to get mail in some client email program. Examples of an
email client are Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Thunderbird, Eudora, etc.

So what exactly are you using and doing?

Malke
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I added the user through Control Panel, User Accounts. I switched to the
new user and tried to open up Outlook Express and a setup wizard appeared
asking for user name, pop address and the like. I completed the wizard.
When I go back to open up the Outlook Express, the program locks up. It
will not open Outlook Express so that I can add the email information. The
only way that I can get out of Express is to use ctrl/alt/del.
"Malke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> longmere wrote:
>
>> I am running XP Professional with SP3
>> "longmere" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I am trying to add a user profile on my computer. Everything goes fine
>>>until I try to activate an email account. I put in the user name, in and
>>>out address, etc., but the program locks up before the email activates.
>>>I
>>>have deleted the user and tried adding another a number of times, with
>>>the
>>>same result. Any suggestions.
>
> Your post is a bit confusing. You add computer users in Control Panel>User
> Accounts. That has nothing to do with email. You add another email address
> for which you want to get mail in some client email program. Examples of
> an
> email client are Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Thunderbird, Eudora, etc.
>
> So what exactly are you using and doing?
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>

longmere wrote:

> I added the user through Control Panel, User Accounts. I switched to the
> new user and tried to open up Outlook Express and a setup wizard appeared
> asking for user name, pop address and the like. I completed the wizard.
> When I go back to open up the Outlook Express, the program locks up. It
> will not open Outlook Express so that I can add the email information.
> The only way that I can get out of Express is to use ctrl/alt/del.

OK, that makes more sense. Does everything else work in the new user
account? If yes, post your question in the OE newsgroup since the problem
apparently has to do with that application.

microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

Malke
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