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Guest
Profile:- Xp Home SP2
Mcaffee 2005
Email - using Outlook express.
Hello,
Back in February, out of the blue, my computer stopped allowing me to open
email attachments. Photos, word doc, etc etc. When double clicking on the
attachments nothing happens. No errors no warnings etc.
About the same time as above I noticed that whenever I tried to download
anything from the internet, a driver update etc, it seem to go through the
downloading process ok. However, when I looked into the destination folder
on my hard drive, there is nothing there. I can right click and save
pictures off the net etc, but not can't down load a small program.
I have checked firewall setting, to make sure downloads are enabled, I have
checked the activeX setting are enable, I have changed Outlook express
setting so that it will open attachments 'even if they may contain virus's
etc.' Still no joy.
I have tried a 'system restore' to as near a date as posible to that when
the problems were first noted. Unfortunately it fails and asks me to select
another date. Unfortunately it doesn't allow me to go to a date earlioer
than February either.
Virus scanner is up to date and recently scanned. only finding a few adwares
etc. Nothing of high risk!
As ever, any help/advice which can be offered would be most appreciated.
Andrew
Mcaffee 2005
Email - using Outlook express.
Hello,
Back in February, out of the blue, my computer stopped allowing me to open
email attachments. Photos, word doc, etc etc. When double clicking on the
attachments nothing happens. No errors no warnings etc.
About the same time as above I noticed that whenever I tried to download
anything from the internet, a driver update etc, it seem to go through the
downloading process ok. However, when I looked into the destination folder
on my hard drive, there is nothing there. I can right click and save
pictures off the net etc, but not can't down load a small program.
I have checked firewall setting, to make sure downloads are enabled, I have
checked the activeX setting are enable, I have changed Outlook express
setting so that it will open attachments 'even if they may contain virus's
etc.' Still no joy.
I have tried a 'system restore' to as near a date as posible to that when
the problems were first noted. Unfortunately it fails and asks me to select
another date. Unfortunately it doesn't allow me to go to a date earlioer
than February either.
Virus scanner is up to date and recently scanned. only finding a few adwares
etc. Nothing of high risk!
As ever, any help/advice which can be offered would be most appreciated.
Andrew