If you have Office and/or Outlook installed, every Office/Outlook update you
receive from Windows Update (or Microsoft Update or Office Update) will
reset Outlook as the default email client. If you normally use Outlook
Express, you'll need to go into 'Internet Options|Programs' and reset OE as
your default. You will have to do this again every time there is an update
to Office/Outlook applied to your PC.

Hal
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"Harry Johnston [MVP]" wrote in message
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Carpe Diem wrote:

I don't have zone alarm installed and it won't let me send email it
wants me
to create a profile in microsoft office outlook ?????? I have all my
mail
coming into outlook express so I have profiles set there but its not
recognising these. so I have had to turn off the updates and roll back
and
yup my pc works fine now !!!

Install the updates one-by-one to see which (if any) is interfering with
Outlook.

Cross-posted to microsoft.public.outlook as they may be better able to
assist
with this issue.

Harry.