Outlook Express removes all access to email attachments

[ctcostello]

Hello,

I have Windows 98 and have recently updated the system
with all patches from Microsoft. I have Internet Explorer
6.0 and Outlook Express 6.

Does anyone know if IE and OE have incompatibilites with
Windows 98. Or does anyone know if any of the security
patches could have casued OE to remove the access to the
attachments? Any settings I should look at....

Regards,
Chris

 

[Guest]

Chris,

Try looking on Microsoft's web site under "Support", "Knowledgebase".
Internet Explorer Service Pack 1 "patched" the problem of executable files
spreading viruses like wildfire. Here is the URL for the fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329570&Product=oex.
After 'fixing' the attachment access problem, be careful on whose attachments
you open or save. Hope this helps. For those that have the same problem
with regular Outlook, there are different steps that entail editing the
registry.

Kyle

 

[Guest]

Chris,

Try looking on Microsoft's web site under "Support", "Knowledgebase".
Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 "patched" the problem of executable (and
other) files in Outlook Express that inherintly spread viruses like wildfire.
Here is the URL for the fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329570&Product=oex.
Once you 'fix' the attachment access problem, be careful on what attachments
you execute or save. Hope this helps. For those that have a similar problem
in regular Outlook, check Knowledgebase for the workaround. There is a
"List1" of bad file extensions that will have to be modified in the registry
(you tell Outlook which file extension to let through; you don't edit the
real list).

Kyle

 

[Brian Tillman]

Does anyone know if IE and OE have incompatibilites with
Windows 98. Or does anyone know if any of the security
patches could have casued OE to remove the access to the
attachments? Any settings I should look at....

Ask in an Outlook Express newsgroup. Hint: Tools>Options>Security.