You might try using Microsoft System Configuration Utility.

It is designed to help you trouble shoot problems.

You can start (reboot) your computer with all the Startup items turned off,
if your problem is resolved them it most likely is cause by one of them.

Example of MSCONFIG can be found here http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/

Ken

"tinger" wrote in message
...
| I have deleted Google Desktop Search and deleted registry entries as
| duscussed in the link you sent to me. Still running into SAME problem.
| --
| tinger
|
|
| "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
|
| MS Search Assistant may well be the cause.
| http://www.codeode.com/privacymantra...archassistant/
| --
| Bruce Hagen
| MS-MVP Outlook Express
| ~IB-CA~
|
| "tinger" wrote in message
| ...
| I just searched the registry and that IP address shows up in Google
Desktop
| Search, Microsoft/Search Assistant/ACMru/5603.
| --
| tinger
|
|
| "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
|
| It is some third party program that you have that is causing this.
| Anything
| else besides McAfee?
| --
| Bruce Hagen
| MS-MVP Outlook Express
| ~IB-CA~
|
| "tinger" wrote in message
| ...
| No the McAfee programs are turned off and remain off. There are no
| other
| ways
| to correct OE from redirecting the POP server address?
| --
| tinger
|
|
| "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
|
| Doesn't McAfee turn itself back on when you reboot? It used to.
That
| said,
| the two worst programs you can have that are associated with
Outlook
| Express
| are those made by Norton and McAfee.
|
| I use, and recommend, AVG Free:
| http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
| or:
| http://www.grisoft.com/doc/40/lng/ww
|
| When prompted, choose Custom Installation and *uncheck* e-mail
| scanning
| when
| you see the option.
|
| Norton, and McAfee, products are not Outlook Express friendly, and
I
| don't
| know of any OE-MVP that would recommend using them.
|
| Other than that, it has to be caused by a program somewhere on
your
| machine
| that touches OE.
| --
| Bruce Hagen
| MS-MVP Outlook Express
| ~IB-CA~
|
| "tinger" wrote in message
| ...
| This did not work. I turned off McAfee Virus scan as well as
McAfee
| Spam
| Killer. Made appropriate changes to email server accounts and
logged
| off
| the
| computer. Logged back on, verified that virus scan and
spamkiller
| were
| still
| off and signed on to OE. POP server reverted to 127.0.0.1.
| --
| tinger
|
|
| "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
|
| This is usually caused by scanning e-mail, or an anti-spam
program.
|
| Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
| redundant
| layer
| of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of
problems
| such
| as
| time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V
program
| will
| continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
| http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
| --
| Bruce Hagen
| MS-MVP Outlook Express
| ~IB-CA~
|
| "tinger" wrote in message
| ...
| I am using Outlook Express 6.0 to manage my yahoo small
business
| email
| acct.
| Every time I reboot, the settings for the POP3 incoming mail
| server
| change
| from pop.bizmail.yahoo.com to 127.0.0.1. This happens with
| nothing
| else
| being
| touched. Please advise.
|
| thanks!
| --
| tinger
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

"tinger" wrote in message
...
I have deleted Google Desktop Search and deleted registry entries as
duscussed in the link you sent to me. Still running into SAME problem.


I assume that when you turned McAfee off you replaced the 127.0.0.1 with the
correct server names.
Some program outside OE is responsible. If you are totally sure that McAfee
is turned off, It might be a security program blocking the Registry change
it needs to make. A few of the programs now doing this a
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot Tools IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 it actually has to be uninstalled. Make sure
the Windows Firewall is turned on until you reinstall Zone Alarm.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking with Networking and try the change.

If it still does not work, totally uninstall McAfee, boot into Safe Mode and
try again. If the problem still exists we're going to have to reset some
Registry permissions.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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