OE Newsreader problems

[Jeff]

I am using Outlook Express 6 in XP Home and the newsreader still makes
mistakes assigning the newsgroup reply to the wrong news server. My
understanding is that this bug was solved by an update, but I am totally
up-to-date and am still having the problem.

What gives?

 

[PA Bear]

The update in question is not offered via Windows Update (yet). See if
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/900930 fixes it.
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OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP

 

[pcbutts1]

What exactly is the problem you are having?

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[PA Bear]

AKA "Account/Watch" bug
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#acctwatch

Access this and other MS newsgroups using the MS newsserver, leaving your
current one in place, and post a few messages using it. At one point you'll
experience the bug, especially if you have messages on either server marked
as Watched.

 

[pcbutts1]

Thanks for that link I never noticed that bug, but I have seen the OE
signature separator bug as it just happened to one of my posts. I had
problems with that update KB900930 killing OE so I removed it. I am going to
try it again.

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[PA Bear]

Make sure OE (and all other IE windows) is closed before installing it.
Also disable AV. 900930 only updates MSOE.DLL and INETCOMM.DLL so it
shouldn't "kill" OE.

 

[Code-Curious Mom]

This seems to be the same update I got from WinUpdate (under Software,
Optional) that I got yesterday morning. The more info link refers to that
KB number.

 

[PA Bear]

Kewlmundo! I didn't know 900930 was being offered via Optional Software
Updates. That's how 887797 was made available when it was released in
Dec-04 and now it's offered directly via Windows Update (although it's
hardly a Cumulative Update).

Thanks for your feedback.

 

[Code-Curious Mom]

Yer welcome, "Bear"

Kewlmundo! I didn't know 900930 was being offered via Optional Software
Updates. That's how 887797 was made available when it was released in
Dec-04 and now it's offered directly via Windows Update (although it's
hardly a Cumulative Update).

Thanks for your feedback.