E-mail on Welcome Screen

[Guest]

I get a notification under my name on the Welcome Screen in XP that I have
unread e-mail messages. I have cleared all e-mail from Outlook and still get
the notification. What's up? How do I clear the notification?

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. Did you ever discover what was causing this and how
to get rid of the mis-leading message ?

 

[Guest]

I downloaded a program called "Tweak UI" from
Power toys for Windows XP which I think you can find by searching this site.
It's free and allows you to basically click once and remove the misleading
message.

 

[Guest]

Thanks I will give this a try

I downloaded a program called "Tweak UI" from
Power toys for Windows XP which I think you can find by searching this site.
It's free and allows you to basically click once and remove the misleading
message.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have the same problem. Did you ever discover what was causing this
and how to get rid of the mis-leading message ?

See http://support.microsoft.com/defau?id=304148

 

[Guest]

Thanks - this web page is not available

See http://support.microsoft.com/defau?id=304148

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks - this web page is not available

That's because of a typo on my part. Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=304148

 

[Guest]

Thanks - for an ordinary user (as distinct from a system administrator) this
fix strikes me as being dangerous ! Surely Microsoft given the longstanding
& evidently known nature of this bug should provide a fix or a script to run ?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks - for an ordinary user (as distinct from a system
administrator) this fix strikes me as being dangerous !
Why?

Surely
Microsoft given the longstanding & evidently known nature of this bug
should provide a fix or a script to run ?

TweakUI, available from Microsoft's downloads, allows you to control it
easily without using the Registry editor.

 

[Guest]

You ask "why ?" Answer - because of the warning included ... stating
"Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from
using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk."

However, thanks for pointing me in the direction of TweakUI. Bizarrely the
unread email message has mysteriously disappeared of its own accord - any
idea why ?

 

[Brian Tillman]

However, thanks for pointing me in the direction of TweakUI.

You're welcome.

Bizarrely the unread email message has mysteriously disappeared of
its own accord - any idea why ?

Nope. Do you use MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger with a Passport? If
you do, perhaps that resolved the discrepancy.