OE6 connundrum

[Frank Booth Snr]

I have win2k and IE/OE6. Automatic Updates downloads some security
software which screws up OE6. Consequently my address book disappears,
and I cannot respond to any email without error message telling me OE6
is corrupted. When I re-install IE6/OE6 before this update, everything
works fine, then AU kicks in again and if I install the updates, then
the same problem recurs.

Apart from switching off AU has anybody else had this problem and
resolved it?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Try asking them here x-posted to: windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...4af-9695-44b2-9a76-62233c0a5857&lang=en&cr=US

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
|I have win2k and IE/OE6. Automatic Updates downloads some security
| software which screws up OE6. Consequently my address book disappears,
| and I cannot respond to any email without error message telling me OE6
| is corrupted. When I re-install IE6/OE6 before this update, everything
| works fine, then AU kicks in again and if I install the updates, then
| the same problem recurs.
|
| Apart from switching off AU has anybody else had this problem and
| resolved it?
|

 

[xxl]

Try asking them here x-posted to:
windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...4af-9695-44b2-9a76-62233c0a5857&lang=en&cr=US

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I have win2k and IE/OE6. Automatic Updates downloads some security
| software which screws up OE6. Consequently my address book disappears,
| and I cannot respond to any email without error message telling me OE6
| is corrupted. When I re-install IE6/OE6 before this update, everything
| works fine, then AU kicks in again and if I install the updates, then
| the same problem recurs.
|
| Apart from switching off AU has anybody else had this problem and
| resolved it?
|

 

[Steve Cochran]

There is a known issue that messes up OE with the address book after patch
911567. There is now a new patch to fix this for XP users, but none yet for
Win2000 users, so the best bet is to just not install that patch until they
release the patch for the Win2000 users.

See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#14 although that doesn't address the
addressbook errors specifically.

steve

 

[Frank Booth Snr]

There is a known issue that messes up OE with the address book after
patch 911567. There is now a new patch to fix this for XP users, but
none yet for Win2000 users, so the best bet is to just not install that
patch until they release the patch for the Win2000 users.

See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#14 although that doesn't address the
addressbook errors specifically.

Thanks for that. It doesn't just mess up the address book. I cannot
reply to emails either.

 

[Steve Cochran]

But if you uninstall it it fixes that problem as well?

I think there is a workaround where you have to export the current address
book and then rebuild it. I can try and find it if you want, but I would
just leave the patch uninstalled until the fix comes out.

steve

 

[Frank Booth Snr]

But if you uninstall it it fixes that problem as well?

I think there is a workaround where you have to export the current
address book and then rebuild it. I can try and find it if you want,
but I would just leave the patch uninstalled until the fix comes out.

Everything reverts to normal once I uninstall 911567. I thought MS were
no longer supporting Win2k.

 

[Steve Cochran]

No, its Win98 that's dead. They still are comitted to Win2000 for a bit
longer.

steve