Am I right in thinking, that after nearly 5 years, Microsoft still haven't
released a fix for the problem whereby Outlook Express 6 doesn't remember
the password properly for mail or news accounts?

The problem is detailed in KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290684/en-us. Every time I do an install
(whichever XP Pro CD I use), I have to waste time editing the registry as
detailed in the fix.

Tonight, I've just rebuilt my laptop again. I then applied every available
fix via Windows Update before configuring mail and news and hitting the
problem again.

Why haven't MS issued a fix for this that can be applied via Windows Update
just after installing XP? Or am I missing something here?

Cheers,

Fred.

There are bugs in Outlook Express that have persisted in every version since
OE4. Since OE is no longer supported at Microsoft, I doubt you can ever
anticipate any future changes to the existing behaviour. Sorry.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6

"Fred Finisterre" wrote in message
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Am I right in thinking, that after nearly 5 years, Microsoft still haven't
released a fix for the problem whereby Outlook Express 6 doesn't remember
the password properly for mail or news accounts?

The problem is detailed in KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290684/en-us. Every time I do an install
(whichever XP Pro CD I use), I have to waste time editing the registry as
detailed in the fix.

Tonight, I've just rebuilt my laptop again. I then applied every available
fix via Windows Update before configuring mail and news and hitting the
problem again.

Why haven't MS issued a fix for this that can be applied via Windows
Update just after installing XP? Or am I missing something here?

Cheers,

Fred.

On return to this newsgroup after a long absence through illness from
computer, just horrified to read OE no longer supported at Microsoft. Should
I be changing to Outlook or what? & would that involve a great deal of
re-learning for this ageing 'silver surfer', using Windows XP home edition?
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
There are bugs in Outlook Express that have persisted in every version
since OE4. Since OE is no longer supported at Microsoft, I doubt you can
ever anticipate any future changes to the existing behaviour. Sorry.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6

I think you misread Jim's message. OE is still part of Windows, its just
not supported for Win98 any longer. The next version of OE is Windows Mail
in Vista, but OE still exists in the earlier OSs.

steve


"squibs" wrote in message
...
On return to this newsgroup after a long absence through illness from
computer, just horrified to read OE no longer supported at Microsoft.
Should I be changing to Outlook or what? & would that involve a great deal
of re-learning for this ageing 'silver surfer', using Windows XP home
edition?
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
There are bugs in Outlook Express that have persisted in every version
since OE4. Since OE is no longer supported at Microsoft, I doubt you can
ever anticipate any future changes to the existing behaviour. Sorry.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6

What a relief! Thanks for your prompt reply.
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
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I think you misread Jim's message. OE is still part of Windows, its just
not supported for Win98 any longer. The next version of OE is Windows Mail
in Vista, but OE still exists in the earlier OSs.

steve


"squibs" wrote in message
...
On return to this newsgroup after a long absence through illness from
computer, just horrified to read OE no longer supported at Microsoft.
Should I be changing to Outlook or what? & would that involve a great
deal of re-learning for this ageing 'silver surfer', using Windows XP
home edition?
"Jim Pickering" wrote in message

"squibs" wrote in message
...
On return to this newsgroup after a long absence through illness from
computer, just horrified to read OE no longer supported at Microsoft.
Should I be changing to Outlook or what? & would that involve a great deal
of re-learning for this ageing 'silver surfer', using Windows XP home
edition?

No need to panic, not supported does not mean "dead", it means that MS are
developing a new Operating System to take over from XP, called Windows
Vista, that has a new mail client called Windows Mail, very similar to OE,
it is available for testing
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/default.mspx

Do not install on your main machine!!

Windows updates will still offer security patches but possibly no bug fixes
for OE?

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]