Bruce,

Thanks for your assistance - will give your advice a try.

Mary



Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:00:44 -0800, "Bruce Hagen"
wrote:

1: Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With | Choose
Program. Find and choose a program that works and then check the box: Always
use this program to open this kind of file. This should enable you to open
these attachments in the future.

2: Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Outlook Express using
XP/SP2 or XP/SP3:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ppsopen.htm