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OE won't load
"dadiOH" wrote in message ... THE PROBLEM When my wife tries to access OE the splash loads but nothing else. Task manager shows msimn.exe is using 100% (or close to it) of CPU. THE MACHINE CPU - Athlon OS - XP SP3 IE - 6.00.2900.5512.xpsp.080413-2111) OE - 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) WHAT I'VE TRIED 1. I restored a recent image from when I *thought* OE was OK. No help 2. I restored an older image from when I *know* OE was OK. No help 3. I moved all dbx files from the store. No help 4. Checked machine for malware...couple of tracking cookies, nothing else. Removed cookies. No help 5. I deleted msimn.exe from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace it from dllcache. No help 6. I deleted *all* files from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace them from dllcache. No help 7. Tried an over the top install of XP but it faulted out, don't recall the specific reason. WHERE NOW? Danged if I know. Other than wipe the partition and reinstall XP which I really don't want to do as her work place has installed stuff which would be a nuisance to get back. I could install a different mail client but she is used to OE and has limited computer skills (limited = almost none). Besides, I hate to be thwarted and would like to find the problem and the fix. The thing that really puzzles me is why the problem persists after restoring a known good image. Any and all suggestions welcomed. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico Did you delete Folders.dbx in the message store while OE was *closed*? If not, do it. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010 Imperial Beach, CA |
OE won't load
ChairMan wrote:
In , dadiOH spewed forth: THE PROBLEM When my wife tries to access OE the splash loads but nothing else. Task manager shows msimn.exe is using 100% (or close to it) of CPU. THE MACHINE CPU - Athlon OS - XP SP3 IE - 6.00.2900.5512.xpsp.080413-2111) OE - 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) WHAT I'VE TRIED 1. I restored a recent image from when I *thought* OE was OK. No help 2. I restored an older image from when I *know* OE was OK. No help 3. I moved all dbx files from the store. No help 4. Checked machine for malware...couple of tracking cookies, nothing else. Removed cookies. No help 5. I deleted msimn.exe from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace it from dllcache. No help 6. I deleted *all* files from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace them from dllcache. No help 7. Tried an over the top install of XP but it faulted out, don't recall the specific reason. WHERE NOW? Danged if I know. Other than wipe the partition and reinstall XP which I really don't want to do as her work place has installed stuff which would be a nuisance to get back. I could install a different mail client but she is used to OE and has limited computer skills (limited = almost none). Besides, I hate to be thwarted and would like to find the problem and the fix. The thing that really puzzles me is why the problem persists after restoring a known good image. Any and all suggestions welcomed. You did end the msimn.exe in the processes, right? Right. If not, end it and try restarting. I've had OE and Firefox do exactly what you're talking about and like you, looked in processes and both were already running, ended them and all was okay Otherwise, I dunno Me either :( Especially since the problem persisted after restoring an image that I know was good...that should not happen. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
OE won't load
Create a new profile/username for her and and this should resolve itself automatically. when you get problems like this, the best thing is to check that the profile isn't corrupted. This can only be done by creating a new profile. If the new profile works, then she can copy her personal documents to this new profile and then zap the old profile because there no point in wasting time to try to correct it because there is no solutions for bloated windows system. hth dadiOH wrote: THE PROBLEM When my wife tries to access OE the splash loads but nothing else. Task manager shows msimn.exe is using 100% (or close to it) of CPU. THE MACHINE CPU - Athlon OS - XP SP3 IE - 6.00.2900.5512.xpsp.080413-2111) OE - 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) WHAT I'VE TRIED 1. I restored a recent image from when I *thought* OE was OK. No help 2. I restored an older image from when I *know* OE was OK. No help 3. I moved all dbx files from the store. No help 4. Checked machine for malware...couple of tracking cookies, nothing else. Removed cookies. No help 5. I deleted msimn.exe from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace it from dllcache. No help 6. I deleted *all* files from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace them from dllcache. No help 7. Tried an over the top install of XP but it faulted out, don't recall the specific reason. WHERE NOW? Danged if I know. Other than wipe the partition and reinstall XP which I really don't want to do as her work place has installed stuff which would be a nuisance to get back. I could install a different mail client but she is used to OE and has limited computer skills (limited = almost none). Besides, I hate to be thwarted and would like to find the problem and the fix. The thing that really puzzles me is why the problem persists after restoring a known good image. Any and all suggestions welcomed. |
OE won't load
SC Tom wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in message ... THE PROBLEM When my wife tries to access OE the splash loads but nothing else. Task manager shows msimn.exe is using 100% (or close to it) of CPU. THE MACHINE CPU - Athlon OS - XP SP3 IE - 6.00.2900.5512.xpsp.080413-2111) OE - 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) WHAT I'VE TRIED 1. I restored a recent image from when I *thought* OE was OK. No help 2. I restored an older image from when I *know* OE was OK. No help 3. I moved all dbx files from the store. No help 4. Checked machine for malware...couple of tracking cookies, nothing else. Removed cookies. No help 5. I deleted msimn.exe from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace it from dllcache. No help 6. I deleted *all* files from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace them from dllcache. No help 7. Tried an over the top install of XP but it faulted out, don't recall the specific reason. WHERE NOW? Danged if I know. Other than wipe the partition and reinstall XP which I really don't want to do as her work place has installed stuff which would be a nuisance to get back. I could install a different mail client but she is used to OE and has limited computer skills (limited = almost none). Besides, I hate to be thwarted and would like to find the problem and the fix. The thing that really puzzles me is why the problem persists after restoring a known good image. Any and all suggestions welcomed. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico Go to Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components, and remove the check next to Outlook Express. Click Next and be on your way. After a reboot (whether or not it says to), repeat the process except put a check next to OE. That will give you a clean, renewed version (hopefully). Unfortunately, it won't. "Uninstalling" OE just dumps shortuts. I did manually dump the whole OE folder so the system would stick it back from the dllcache - which it did - but the problem persists. It *can* be reinstalled via the IE6 set up exe - which I have archived - but it involves nerfing the registry so XP thinks it isn't installed. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
OE won't load
Bruce Hagen wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in message ... THE PROBLEM When my wife tries to access OE the splash loads but nothing else. Task manager shows msimn.exe is using 100% (or close to it) of CPU. THE MACHINE CPU - Athlon OS - XP SP3 IE - 6.00.2900.5512.xpsp.080413-2111) OE - 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) WHAT I'VE TRIED 1. I restored a recent image from when I *thought* OE was OK. No help 2. I restored an older image from when I *know* OE was OK. No help 3. I moved all dbx files from the store. No help 4. Checked machine for malware...couple of tracking cookies, nothing else. Removed cookies. No help 5. I deleted msimn.exe from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace it from dllcache. No help 6. I deleted *all* files from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace them from dllcache. No help 7. Tried an over the top install of XP but it faulted out, don't recall the specific reason. WHERE NOW? Danged if I know. Other than wipe the partition and reinstall XP which I really don't want to do as her work place has installed stuff which would be a nuisance to get back. I could install a different mail client but she is used to OE and has limited computer skills (limited = almost none). Besides, I hate to be thwarted and would like to find the problem and the fix. The thing that really puzzles me is why the problem persists after restoring a known good image. Any and all suggestions welcomed. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico Did you delete Folders.dbx in the message store while OE was *closed*? If not, do it. Yeah. Actually, I zipped up all the dbx files in the store and then tried OE. Hangs. I'll try *just* Folders.dbx, thanks for the suggestion. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
OE won't load
On Or About This Day In History Fri, 27 May 2011 21:24:27 -0400, dadiOH
Squinted At The Keyboard And Pecked Out The Following: SC Tom wrote: "dadiOH" wrote in message ... THE PROBLEM When my wife tries to access OE the splash loads but nothing else. Task manager shows msimn.exe is using 100% (or close to it) of CPU. THE MACHINE CPU - Athlon OS - XP SP3 IE - 6.00.2900.5512.xpsp.080413-2111) OE - 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) WHAT I'VE TRIED 1. I restored a recent image from when I *thought* OE was OK. No help 2. I restored an older image from when I *know* OE was OK. No help 3. I moved all dbx files from the store. No help 4. Checked machine for malware...couple of tracking cookies, nothing else. Removed cookies. No help 5. I deleted msimn.exe from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace it from dllcache. No help 6. I deleted *all* files from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace them from dllcache. No help 7. Tried an over the top install of XP but it faulted out, don't recall the specific reason. WHERE NOW? Danged if I know. Other than wipe the partition and reinstall XP which I really don't want to do as her work place has installed stuff which would be a nuisance to get back. I could install a different mail client but she is used to OE and has limited computer skills (limited = almost none). Besides, I hate to be thwarted and would like to find the problem and the fix. The thing that really puzzles me is why the problem persists after restoring a known good image. Any and all suggestions welcomed. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico Go to Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components, and remove the check next to Outlook Express. Click Next and be on your way. After a reboot (whether or not it says to), repeat the process except put a check next to OE. That will give you a clean, renewed version (hopefully). Unfortunately, it won't. "Uninstalling" OE just dumps shortuts. I did manually dump the whole OE folder so the system would stick it back from the dllcache - which it did - but the problem persists. It *can* be reinstalled via the IE6 set up exe - which I have archived - but it involves nerfing the registry so XP thinks it isn't installed. I haven't had a problem with OE since March when I switched to Linux. :) -- Just West Of Nowhere Enjoy Life, And Live It To Its Fullest Support Bacteria: They Are The Only Culture Some People Have |
OE won't load
On Or About This Day In History Sat, 28 May 2011 03:13:19 +0000,
OldGringo38 Squinted At The Keyboard And Pecked Out The Following: On Or About This Day In History Fri, 27 May 2011 21:24:27 -0400, dadiOH Squinted At The Keyboard And Pecked Out The Following: SC Tom wrote: "dadiOH" wrote in message ... THE PROBLEM When my wife tries to access OE the splash loads but nothing else. Task manager shows msimn.exe is using 100% (or close to it) of CPU. THE MACHINE CPU - Athlon OS - XP SP3 IE - 6.00.2900.5512.xpsp.080413-2111) OE - 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105) WHAT I'VE TRIED 1. I restored a recent image from when I *thought* OE was OK. No help 2. I restored an older image from when I *know* OE was OK. No help 3. I moved all dbx files from the store. No help 4. Checked machine for malware...couple of tracking cookies, nothing else. Removed cookies. No help 5. I deleted msimn.exe from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace it from dllcache. No help 6. I deleted *all* files from the Outlook Express folder so the system would replace them from dllcache. No help 7. Tried an over the top install of XP but it faulted out, don't recall the specific reason. WHERE NOW? Danged if I know. Other than wipe the partition and reinstall XP which I really don't want to do as her work place has installed stuff which would be a nuisance to get back. I could install a different mail client but she is used to OE and has limited computer skills (limited = almost none). Besides, I hate to be thwarted and would like to find the problem and the fix. The thing that really puzzles me is why the problem persists after restoring a known good image. Any and all suggestions welcomed. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico Go to Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components, and remove the check next to Outlook Express. Click Next and be on your way. After a reboot (whether or not it says to), repeat the process except put a check next to OE. That will give you a clean, renewed version (hopefully). Unfortunately, it won't. "Uninstalling" OE just dumps shortuts. I did manually dump the whole OE folder so the system would stick it back from the dllcache - which it did - but the problem persists. It *can* be reinstalled via the IE6 set up exe - which I have archived - but it involves nerfing the registry so XP thinks it isn't installed. I haven't had a problem with OE since March when I switched to Linux. :) PS: Or IE, or Windows as a mater of fact. g -- Just West Of Nowhere Enjoy Life, And Live It To Its Fullest Support Bacteria: They Are The Only Culture Some People Have |
OE won't load
OldGringo38 wrote: PS: Or IE, or Windows as a mater of fact. g But you still like hanging around on Windows Newsgroups as a matter of fact. Does Linux makes you very lonely? |
OE won't load
Tester wrote:
Create a new profile/username for her and and this should resolve itself automatically. when you get problems like this, the best thing is to check that the profile isn't corrupted. This can only be done by creating a new profile. If the new profile works, then she can copy her personal documents to this new profile and then zap the old profile because there no point in wasting time to try to correct it because there is no solutions for bloated windows system. hth I'd be *really* surprised if the OP had not done this already (I had considered mentioning it!) - but it would be interesting to know! |
OE won't load
Roy Smith wrote:
So what does this have to do with fixing a corrupt Outlook Express message database? The OP said he restored from a disk image - and the problem persisted. Why? Not only that, he said "Other than wipe the partition" - methinks he has more than one partition (let's say a C: and a D: drive) and believes he could simply reinstall MS Windows on the C: drive and let whatever is lurking on the D: drive to remain there. IMO that is unsatisfactory when reinstalling. The whole drive needs to be wiped clean to be *sure* that no 'nastie' is left lurking to come back and bite you! As a last resort, before reinstallation, he could try using DrWeb http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/ Worth a try! ;-) |
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