Mike,

I included the printing issue with this one because I think they are related
in some way.

if you see my previous reply, everything looks good. I checked all these
things and more prior to asking for help. I had an issue about 2 months ago
where MS Money suddenly decided not to load. Auto updates was also not
working at that time. I went through all kinds of trouble shooting including
help from Microsoft before I finally through in the towel and did a wipe and
install. At that time I felt it had to do with something from the auto
updates---but could not prove it. This is the new load that started having
trouble when a lot of updates were coming down about 3 weeks ago. Nothing
was added or changed to the PC before or during the issue.
--
Rich


"Michael Santovec" wrote:

For your printing/network issues, post in an appropriate newsgroup for
your version of Windows, such as
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xp.network_web
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...wsxp.print_fax

Now for your OE problems.

I'm not exactly clear on what you are seeing, but I'll cover some
related issues.

If HTML messages are displaying just plain text, then Tools, Options,
Read, Uncheck Read all messages in plain text.

If OE us unable to open an EML file, then see:
OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express
(Fixing the EML File Association)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355
If the abbreviated command in the above article doesn't work,
then try: Start, Run and enter the following (with the quotation marks):
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

For pictures getting lost on forwarding:
Tools, Options, Send, Mail HTML Settings, Send Pictures


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Rich G." wrote in message
...
Hi,

This is a stumper. It may have something to do with Automatic
Upgrades, but
I haven't found the connection yet.

The problem: The PC is a Intel Quad processor, 4 Gig memory, using
64-bit
XP Pro. I am running Bitdefender Internet Security and Prevx 2.0.
The PC
was re-loaded a few months ago because I had an issue that was similar
to
this. About 3 weeks ago Outlook Express stopped displaying received
.eml
messages or some messages that have HTML. It displays text. In some
cases a
document will be received with photos inline. When forwarded, the
received
message does not have the photos inline.

Also, right in the middle of this I discovered that I can't print to
my
network printer. I have reloaded the drivers---but this didn't help.
The
printer appears to be installed---the document go to "printing", but
nothing
happens. I can print OK from other PC's.

In addition, I have files that are shared between PC's in the
Workgroup. I
can't see the other PC and it can't see me.

I have looked everywhere in the networking and security---can't find
anything that looks funny. Checked the Web and looked here for
help----nothing so far. Looked at the settings in Bitdefender and
Prevx-----looks fine.

My gut is telling me that something is coming down in the updates that
is
blocking the network somehow. I had a lot of updates around the time
this
happened, but not that sure as it was not brought to my attention
until later.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
--
Rich