Outlook Express Locking Up

[wonderent]

Will sure appreciate anyone's time.

Computer: XP home ed -- Pentium D processor with plenty of power and plenty of memory.

I've used Outlook Express probably since about 1993 on several different computers

with not one problem over the years.

In the last week, however, a couple of times, it has stopped functioning.

The first time, all of a sudden the messages in my Sent and Deleted folders disappeared.

I kept checking to make sure I wasn't dreaming, but they were gone.

I closed the program and reopened [without restarting the computer]

and all messages were there and everything was normal.

Since then, 3 or 4 times, I couldn't delete a particular message and then couldn't view it.

I would get a little error message that the email couldn't be displayed.

Once again, when I close out the program [OE], and open it back up, it's fine.

Do you think I'm heading toward some major problem?

The only thing I have done different to my computer before this happened

was to add Spybot Search and Destroy, which I have used before

but had just never put on this particular computer because I was already using

Adaware, Spysweeper, and Win Defender.

As I mentioned, I have never ever seen this happen

before, so it is worrying me.

Thanks so much,

nancy

[garmanma]

When you downloaded Spybot, did you enable TeaTimer?

http://www.malwarehelp.org/how-to-enabledi...t-teatimer.html

Mark

[wonderent]

When you downloaded Spybot, did you enable TeaTimer?

http://www.malwarehelp.org/how-to-enabledi...t-teatimer.html

Mark

I didn't think so -- I didn't intend to enable anything. I just checked and I do NOT have it enabled, nor SD helper. Was just planning to use for scans.

I have to be away from computer again but will check back later. Thanks! n

[martymas]

you may have to clear the outlook express cache

and to do that

you need to go to tools- options- maintenece -clean up now

and on the left press all the buttons

this is only a suggestion

your email cache maybe full

marty

[wonderent]

you may have to clear the outlook express cache

and to do that

Thanks, Marty -- good to hear from you and appreciate the input!

[martymas]

you may have to clear the outlook express cache

and to do that

Thanks, Marty -- good to hear from you and appreciate the input!

hi nancy try this you may need a fresh

version

go to start search

allfiles and folders

in the search box type

outlook express

it will find you a fresh version

the one with the blue icon right click it and send it to your desk top

you can transfer all your data from on to the other

i have another fix but try this first

marty

[wonderent]