Windows XP Outlook Express

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After renewing XP due to glitches making it nearly impossible to use, it
worked very well. But it wiped out 9,000 emails and 100 email addresses. Oh
well; I start over!

But when the "updates" installed, it became glitchy again and slow. So what
gives?
 
General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
 
cobra said:
After renewing XP due to glitches making it nearly impossible to use, it
worked very well. But it wiped out 9,000 emails and 100 email addresses.
Oh
well; I start over!

But when the "updates" installed, it became glitchy again and slow. So
what
gives?
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You should never face permanently loosing data. That is something in your
control. Though data loss is something that will happen sooner or later, if
you have a good backup mechanism in place, then when it does happen, you can
quickly recover from it. You should never have to "start over" in that
sense.
 
cobra said:
After renewing XP due to glitches making it nearly impossible to use, it
worked very well. But it wiped out 9,000 emails and 100 email addresses. Oh
well; I start over!

But when the "updates" installed, it became glitchy again and slow. So what
gives?
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Use an undelete program to locate any .dbx files. If any are
retrievable, you may then be able to extract the emails from the files.
Also look for any deleted .wab file.

Download and install Restoration or another Undelete program. The more
you use the hd with the deleted files, the more data you overwrite.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
 
Thanks Pa Bear,
Do you mean disable the anti-virus protection within Windows or the one I
bought? Why would it not provide additional protection? That throws me.
Tom



PA Bear said:
General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
After renewing XP due to glitches making it nearly impossible to use, it
worked very well. But it wiped out 9,000 emails and 100 email addresses.
Oh well; I start over!

But when the "updates" installed, it became glitchy again and slow. So
what
gives?
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Thanks Joe. I'll try to recover those files. But I have used the computer
for a couple of weeks since. Tom
 
Not PA Bear,
Disable the email checking options in your AV. Windows does not have an included AV protection. Do not disable your AV program(just the email options).

Your av program email options scan mail during send and receipt. It additionally scans email when opened and scans any attachments when opened. The scan during send and receive is redundant and often problematic(timeout, delay, etc)

..winston

: Thanks Pa Bear,
: Do you mean disable the anti-virus protection within Windows or the one I
: bought? Why would it not provide additional protection? That throws me.
: Tom
:
:
:
: "PA Bear" wrote:
:
: > General OE Caveats:
: >
: > - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
: > folders created for this purpose.
: >
: > - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
: >
: > - Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
: > perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
: > http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm
: >
: > - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
: > automatically compacting your message store.
: >
: > - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
: > corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
: >
: > --
: > OE-specific newsgroup:
: > news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
: >
: > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
: > MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
: >
: > cobra wrote:
: > > After renewing XP due to glitches making it nearly impossible to use, it
: > > worked very well. But it wiped out 9,000 emails and 100 email addresses.
: > > Oh well; I start over!
: > >
: > > But when the "updates" installed, it became glitchy again and slow. So
: > > what
: > > gives?
: >
: >
 
cobra said:
Well, Rock, I have no idea what files to back up or I would have.
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Then learn. It's not hard, but it's worth the effort. Never, ever be
without a full and complete backup. This is one the most fundamental
concepts of computers. Data loss is an issue of when, not if.

I recommend you look into a drive imaging program such as Acronis True
Image. This will create a compressed image of the drive which can be stored
on external media such as an external USB hard drive. At the very least
make copies if important files regularly to CD or flash drive. See this
link for info on how to backup outlook express files. There are plenty of
backup solutions out there to choose from for something that meets your
needs.

http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
 
Windows doesn't include anti-virus protection, Tom.

Even Symantec says email scanning isn't necessary:

<paste>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</paste>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
Thanks Pa Bear,
Do you mean disable the anti-virus protection within Windows or the one I
bought? Why would it not provide additional protection? That throws me.

PA Bear said:
General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More
at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
cobra said:
After renewing XP due to glitches making it nearly impossible to use, it
worked very well. But it wiped out 9,000 emails and 100 email
addresses.
Oh well; I start over!

But when the "updates" installed, it became glitchy again and slow. So
what gives?
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Thank you, Pa Bear. I've been working on doing all of this. It seems to be
working much better with each thing I correct. Just going down through your
list.


PA Bear said:
General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
After renewing XP due to glitches making it nearly impossible to use, it
worked very well. But it wiped out 9,000 emails and 100 email addresses.
Oh well; I start over!

But when the "updates" installed, it became glitchy again and slow. So
what
gives?
Click to expand...
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Thank you, Winston. That clears up a loose end in my mind. Do you think I
should continue getting Windows updates then?
 
Norton has always crashed me repeatedly so I don't use it. I'm using
Computer Associates EZ Anti-virus Security Suite, if you're familiar with it.
Had it for 1.5 years now and it's never let any virus through. Others have.


PA Bear said:
Windows doesn't include anti-virus protection, Tom.

Even Symantec says email scanning isn't necessary:

<paste>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</paste>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
Thanks Pa Bear,
Do you mean disable the anti-virus protection within Windows or the one I
bought? Why would it not provide additional protection? That throws me.

PA Bear said:
General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More
at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
cobra wrote:
After renewing XP due to glitches making it nearly impossible to use, it
worked very well. But it wiped out 9,000 emails and 100 email
addresses.
Oh well; I start over!

But when the "updates" installed, it became glitchy again and slow. So
what gives?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thank you Rock; now I have an avenue in which I can learn. From my end,
wading through everything available is too time consuming and some Websites
are so ponderous and complicated that it's beyond frustrating. This helped
narrow my search.
 
cobra said:
Thank you Rock; now I have an avenue in which I can learn. From my end,
wading through everything available is too time consuming and some
Websites
are so ponderous and complicated that it's beyond frustrating. This
helped
narrow my search.
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You're welcome. Don't hesitate to post back if you have any other
questions.
 
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