Sudden shutdowns in Outlook Express

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I have just upgraded from Win98 to Win2000, and have experienced some
instability in Outlook Express with sudden shut-downs. I suspect
Soundblaster is the culprit and wonder if there is an IRQ conflict
somewhere.

I see in Device Manager that SB Live has been allocated IRQ9 which it shares
with 5 other devices. I notice that IRQ5 is vacant, which is the previous
allocation under Win98.

I have tried to reinstall the hardware to force it to use IRQ5, but it
still remains on 9. There appears to be no way of changing this manually .

Am I doing the right thing? Or should I leave it on 9?

Any help would be welcome.

V.Gridley
 
V.Gridley said:
I see in Device Manager that SB Live has been allocated IRQ9 which it shares
with 5 other devices. I notice that IRQ5 is vacant, which is the previous
allocation under Win98.
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That seems to be normal for Win 2K. My system is set up the same way --
SB and 5 other devices sharing IRQ 9.
 
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