SP1 and SP2 directly effect the operation of OE. You can try this, but
without upgrading, you will see more and more errors.

From:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store. Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. You
will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news
servers, but it might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden files
in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from the
folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use one of these
tools to extract the messages:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a folder
in an open instance of OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"hobbit" wrote in message
...
Got an error message from O.E. stating that identy login could not be
started. Some components are missing or incorrectly configured. OE could
not
be started. Make sure disk is not full or out of memory. MSOE.dll could
not
be initialized, outlook may not be installed correctly. I am running just
regular OE. no sp update. Don't even have Windows SP1 or SP2 installed.
Downloaded Windows SP1 when it first came out and computer went nuts.
nothing
worked right, would switch programs in mid term, want to dial out by
itself,
programs kept popping up by themselves. Did a system restore to a previous
point, works good. This happened quite a while ago. Is still on the system
but not installed. Anyway, to make a long story short, since I don't have
Windows SP1 or 2 on my computer, can I download Explorer SP1? Don't worry
about Windows SP1 or 2. Don't really want it, don't really go or do
anything
on the net to worry about. Was told by my ISP provider that I can download
it
safely.