I have just tried booting into Safe mode + net, and all the settings are as
they should be, but now I am in normal mode, the settings have been lost
again. Just thought I´d update this question. Thanks.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Grahamrf" wrote in message
...
I keep losing 3 of 4 mail account settings (POP3) when shutting down and
restarting computer. I was advised to stop the anti-virus email scanner,
which I did, but to no avail. My previous question has now disappeared
from
the site, but not only WHY does it happen, but WHY does it not happen to
all
or none of the settings.
Help much appreciated.

It might be a security program blocking the Registry changes OE needs to
make. A few of the programs now doing this a
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot Tools IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 and Norton 2007 it actually has to be
uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you
reinstall Zone Alarm.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking with Networking and try adding the
accounts.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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